美国总统奥巴马星期二晚间将在国会参众两院联席会议上发表年度国情咨文讲话，届时，他将陈述他对全国经济前景的看法。演讲前几天，奥巴马在一段向支持者公布的录像中说，他将公布经济“持久发展”的计划，包括为制造业、清洁能源以及教育等领域提出的新提议。他说，所有这些提议都将让中产阶级获益。
奥巴马总统说，美国目前正面临两种大相径庭的发展方向，一种是“走向更少的机会和更少的公平”，另一种是让每个人收益，而不是仅让少数富裕人士获益。星期二的国情咨文讲话也是奥巴马2012年寻求连任的竞选计划，他将强调他与反对派共和党人的区别。这是他担任总统以来第三次发表国情咨文讲话。
U.S. President Barack Obama will present his vision for the nation's economy when he delivers his annual State of the Union address Tuesday night before a joint session of the U.S. Congress. In a video released to his supporters days before the speech, Mr. Obama says he will unveil a blueprint for an economy "built to last," including new proposals for manufacturing, clean energy and education, all of which he says benefit the country's middle class.
The president said the U.S is faced with two vastly different directions for the economy - "one towards less opportunity and less fairness," or an economy that "works for everyone, not just the wealthy few." Mr. Obama is also using Tuesday's State of the Union address - the third of his presidency - as a blueprint for his 2012 re-election campaign, by highlighting the differences between himself and opposition Republicans.
