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LIers offer their wish list for Obama

President Barack Obama delivers his State of the

Photo credit: Bloomberg | President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Jan. 25, 2011)

Joye Brown

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President Barack Obama will be attempting to woo suburban communities with Tuesday night's State of the Union pitch championing the middle class.

For Long Island, the focus comes just in time.

Just last week, an annual report, the Long Island Index, showed that 61 percent of Island residents were having trouble making mortgage and rent payments.

And that, as of December, Nassau...

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