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The text of President Barack Obama's inauguration speech today at the Capitol in Washington, D.C.

President Barack Obama on Wednesday agreed to unveil new jobs proposals in an address to Congress on September 8, bowing to pressure from Republicans, who objected to the original date set for his high-profile speech.

Correspondents offer their takes on President Obama's speech.

President Barack Obama's chief political adviser says the president will focus on job-creating plans in his State of the Union address Wednesday night.

Strategist David Axelrod says the White House takes only "cold comfort" from the fact that the president's stimulus program saved about 2 million jobs – given the millions lost in the deepest economic downturn in decades.

"It was not as lofty as I would have anticipated," said CNN senior political analyst Gergen.