President Bush's farewell address was his last public event planned before the inauguration.

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Spain needs to fix "the work calendar to make the rights of workers compatible with the competitiveness of our companies, " he said in his inauguration address in late December.

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Obama has spoken out about the challenges confronting public education, most notably in his inauguration speech and most recently in his address before Congress.

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