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How the world heard the State of the Union address

President Obama focused mostly on domestic issues during his speech last night. How did it go over in Europe?

Last night’s State of the Union speech was all about the American perspective. President Obama focused on income inequality, wages, jobs, and the U.S. middle class. Marketplace Morning Report guest host Lizzie O’Leary checks in with the BBC’s Andrew Walker on how the speech is being received in the rest of the world. (“Basically, a much bigger American story for the most part has been the death of Pete Seeger,” he says.) Click the audio player above to hear the interview.

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