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Biden's State of the Union speech: analysis with NPR's Asma Khalid

President Joe Biden delivers his first State of the Union address on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, to a joint session of Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, as Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D, Cal.), look on. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP)
President Joe Biden delivers his first State of the Union address on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, to a joint session of Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, as Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D, Cal.), look on. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP)

"Tonight, we meet as Democrats, Republicans, independents, but most importantly, as Americans with a duty to one another, to America, to the American people, to the Constitution. And an unwavering resolve that freedom will always triumph over tyranny..."
— President Joe Biden, State of the Union Address, 3.01.2022

President Joe Bidendelivered his first State of the Union address Tuesday night, with a war in Ukraine raging, a pandemic waning, and inflation and a stalled agenda threatening to sabotage Democratic chances in the November mid-term elections.

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Asma Khalid is an NPR White House correspondent & co-host of the NPR Politics Podcast. (credit Stephen Voss/NPR)

Joining Tom to share her thoughts on the speech is Asma Khalid. She covers the White House for NPR, and she is a co-host of the NPR Politics Podcast

We reach Asma Khalid in Washington, DC on our digital line.

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