The economy was the main topic of Biden's State of the Union address

President Biden.
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President Biden's first State of the Union address clocked in at 62 minutes, with the economy his No. 1 topic.

He spent 25 minutes talking about the economy, CNN determined. He opened his address by discussing the Russian invasion of Ukraine and sanctions against Russian President Vladimir Putin and several oligarchs, devoting 12 minutes to the matters.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.