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Talk of economic inequality to dominate State of the Union address

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President Barack Obama will focus heavily on domestic economic disparity when he delivers his sixth State of the Union address tonight, according to an Al Jazeera report.

The report notes Obama will call for a modest hike in the federal minimum wage; trumpet the virtues of the Affordable Care Act - warts and all; encourage comprehensive immigration reform; and suggest solutions for climate change.

Al Jazeera reports doubt exists as to whether Obama's agenda items can make any headway in the historically cantankerous Congress.

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