Obama salutes Dallas-area teen, Texas cancer patient in national speech

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama featured two Texans on Tuesday, Richardson teenage science prodigy Amy Chyao and James Howard, a Katy man whose brain cancer treatment was made possible by the new health care law.Both were guests in the first lady’s box overlooking the House chamber, serving to illustrate key political points in the president’s State of the Union address.Defending his health care overhaul, Obama said he was “eager to work” with those who had ideas to improve the

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