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Javier Gallardo, left, a day laborer coordinator with the Bay Parkway Community Job Center in Besonhurst, N.Y., meets with Allan Suarez, a contractor who hires workers from the center, on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013 in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2008 file photo, President George W. Bush delivers his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington. Is “strong” losing its strength? Presidents of both parties have long felt compelled to sum up the state of the union with a descriptive word or two in their State of the Union addresses. Mostly the same word. For many years now, “strong” has been the go-to adjective. Vice President Dick Cheney, left, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. listen. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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FILE - In this Jan. 1974 file photo shows President Richard Nixon giving his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington. Is “strong” losing its strength? Presidents of both parties have long felt compelled to sum up the state of the union with a descriptive word or two in their State of the Union addresses. Mostly the same word. For many years now, “strong” has been the go-to adjective. Gerald Ford listens at left. (AP Photo, File)
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** FILE ** In this Jan. 19, 1978 file photo, President Jimmy Carter gestures as he delivers his State of the Union Address on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo, File)
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FILE - This Jan. 8, 1951 file photo shows President Harry S Truman giving his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington. Is “strong” losing its strength? Presidents of both parties have long felt compelled to sum up the state of the union with a descriptive word or two in their State of the Union addresses. Mostly the same word. For many years now, “strong” has been the go-to adjective. (AP Photo/Byron Rollins, File)
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FILE - This Jan. 7, 1943 file photo shows President Franklin D. Roosevelt giving his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington. Is “strong” losing its strength? Presidents of both parties have long felt compelled to sum up the state of the union with a descriptive word or two in their State of the Union addresses. Mostly the same word. For many years now, “strong” has been the go-to adjective. (AP Photo, File)
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**FILE** Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., center, the Democratic Policy Committee chairman, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., left, meet with reporters to urge passage of legislation to restore unemployment insurance benefits which expired Dec. 28, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
