WASHINGTON (AP) -- If anything illustrated President Barack Obama's new sense of self-confidence, it was his State of the Union call for an increase in the national minimum wage....
Analysis: Minimum Wage Plan A New Test For Obama
By JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press
Wed, 02/13/2013 - 7:31am
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