WASHINGTON, D.C.: United States (US) President Barack Obama swaps the sun-dappled golf courses of tropical Hawaii for a Washington in the grip of an Arctic cold snap this weekend, and faces a tough political season ahead.

With his approval rating languishing at near record lows and locked in a Cold War with a surly Congress, he needs quick victories in the run-up to his State of the Union address at the end of the month.

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