Some main ideas/points that were addressed were. <span> - Further improvements in providing Americans health care;
- Enacting immigration reform;<span>a smarter national security approach including the War On Terror and the war in Afghanistan (the longest U.S. war); </span> - Moving the country off of a permanent war footing while laying out his case for "strong and principled diplomacy" <span> - Calling for Congress to give U.S. diplomats some room to maneuver, particularly when it comes to Iran
- And </span><span>improvements to education to ready Americans for the jobs of tomorrow's economy.</span></span>
President Obama uses appeals to Americans' sense of empathy, morality, and logic to try to influence the audience to support him and his agenda for the country.
