is what citizens aspire to. they want more solidarity at the international level. you have heard the broad range of views supporting broad intervention in mali. however, we cannot abandon all made but cannot defend only the interests of one state and we need a comprehensive plan for europe. this is what we re doing it with a changing europe scores. budget negotiations on the multi-annual framework are a test of that solidarity where our credibility is put to death protest. put to the test. i would like to say that for our group, it is known as well. it was not a policy of the empty chair. you have to take your responsibility. you have to discuss the issues so that we can have a budget that corresponds to the policy that we have voted on. as for the financial framework, we need to set that out for young people to guarantee employment. that is why we have a budget, a budget for investment and a pooling of our resources, which is not just about the constitutional budget.
be a net subtraction from economic activity in 2009, 2010, 2011. finally in 2012, housing began to contribute. it contributes to through the pickup of home sales, housing starts and floated through residential fixed investment. fourth quarter, residential residential fixed investment contributed about 0.4% of overall and gdp growth or helped it be less negative. what we were expecting to see is we would see a bigger role for housing in supporting economic growth in 2013. we are expecting 2013 housing for residential fixed investment will contribute close to half a percentage point in overall gdp growth. i am in the same vote. i am not overly concerned about the reading. i was concerned about inventory levels throughout the supply chain. something we will we were hearing from the members, other customers and of course a showing up in sales ratios. a big chunk of the negative was a destocking, if you will, in the supply chain. while the purchase trucking and many of o
and there is good reason to believe it will continue. my duty tonight is to report on the state of the union. the not of the state of the government but of our american community. therefore, set forth responsibilities to form a more perfect union. the state of the union is strong. as we gather tonight, our nation is at war. our economy is in recession, and the civilized world faces unprecedented danger is. yet the state of our union has never been stronger. it is because of our people that our future is helpful hopeful. and the state of our union is strong. president obama delivers this year s address with the preview program at 8:00 a.m. eastern. tuesday night on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. president obama awarded the medal of honor to clinton romesha. this is half an hour. ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and mrs. michelle obama, accompanied by medal of honor recipients staff sgt clinton romesha. [ hail to the chief ] le