North Korea's nuclear blast Tuesday rudely interrupted President Barack Obama's rollout of his State of the Union address, which is billed as a catalyst for a second-term drive to create jobs.
Obama was also to tell war-weary Americans he will bring 34,000 more troops home from Afghanistan within a year, as he winds up a more than a decade of foreign overstretch and tries to restore middle class security at home, AFP reported.
Less than a month into his second term, the president will step up to deliver the annual showpiece speech in the House of Representatives.
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