from DETROIT NEWS online article (Jan. 23, 2012 posting):
President Barack Obama will make a speech at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Friday, January 27, three days after he delivers his State of the Union address.
Obama is expected to deliver remarks at the Al Glick Field House, the $26 million 104,000-square foot Indoor Football Practice Facility was completed in August 2009, a White House official said.
The president will deliver his State of the Union address Tuesday night (January 24, 9 - 10:30 p.m.)before Congress in Washington. The next day, he's scheduled to travel to Iowa and Arizona. He'll be in Nevada and Colorado Thursday before arriving late in Michigan to spend the night. He'll return to Washington on Friday, January 28.
This is the president's 10th visit to Michigan since taking office. He was in Michigan in October, 2011 to visit GM's Orion Assembly plant with the South Korean president and spoke in Detroit on Labor Day.
It will be his second visit to speak at the University of Michigan. In May 2010, he delivered the commencement address at Michigan Stadium, where he urged students to participate in democracy and get all points of view.
"When we don't pay close attention to the decisions made by our leaders, when we fail to educate ourselves about the major issues of the day, when we choose not to make our voices and opinions heard, that's when democracy breaks down," Obama said. "That's when power is abused. That's when the most extreme voices in our society fill the void that we leave. That's when powerful interests and their lobbyists are most able to buy access and influence in the corridors of power — because none of us are there to speak up and stop them."
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