Photo: #The night before President Barack Obama gives the State of the Union address, the lights of the U.S. Capitol are seen in an ice-covered reflecting pool on Capitol Hill in Washington Monday, Jan. 24, 2011.
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The night before President Barack Obama gives the State of the Union address, the lights of the U.S. Capitol are seen in an ice-covered reflecting pool on Capitol Hill in Washington Monday, Jan. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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