Obama Delivers State of the Union Address

President Obama said he will not send U.S. troops into war unless it is truly necessary, calling for the U.S. to move off what he called "a permanent war footing."Mr. Obama hailed the end of the U.S. wars in Iraq and soon in Afghanistan. He noted that all U.S. troops are out of Iraq and that troops will complete their mission in Afghanistan by the end of this year.The president said that after 2014, a small force of Americans could remain in Afghanistan along with NATO allies to...

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