Last updated: 30 april, 2009 - 12:33 GMT
How has President Obama performed in his first 100 days?
As President Obama marked his first 100 days in office, the US Congress passed his budget.
However, he said the hard work of economic regeneration still had a long way to go.
He marked the milestone by speaking at a town hall meeting in St Louis, Missouri.
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The opinion polls give him an approval rating of around 60% with disapproval at about 30%.
The BBC's Kevin Connolly has been to the Republican heartland of Oklahoma, which had the strongest anti-Obama turnout last November.
He begins his investigation at the local talk radio station.
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For some more thoughts on Obama's first 100 days, Owen Bennett-Jones spoke to prize-winning novelist and journalist Lionel Shriver, who is from North Carolina but lives in London.
Was she surprised by those opinions we just heard from Oklahoma?
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First broadcast 29 April 2009
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