Obama's last State of the Union to set final goals, promote legacy

From reuters.com

President Barack Obama will present an agenda for his final year in office and beyond on Tuesday in his last State of the Union address, aimed at generating support for a Pacific trade pact, tighter gun laws and closure of the Guantanamo Bay prison. Scheduled for 9 p.m. (0200 GMT on Wednesday), the speech to a joint session of Congress will be one of Obama's few remaining chances to capture and hold the attention of millions of Americans before he is eclipsed by his would-be successors. Politics will loom over the address. He is expected to stick to legacy themes and steer clear of new legislative proposals that his ... (full story)