GM chief, 'dreamer' to be guests at Obama address

WASHINGTON (AP) — The first woman to lead a major automaker, an Army Ranger who has met multiple times with President Barack Obama and a man brought to the U.S. illegally as a child are joining Michelle Obama to watch the president deliver his State of the Union address Tuesday.

It has become tradition for the first lady’s guests to include those whose personal stories can help highlight a particular policy or issue. Twenty-four people have been invited to join Mrs. Obama in her box, including two Boston Marathon bombing survivors, an openly gay former NBA player and an Illinois woman whose emergency unemployment benefits have run out.