President Obama will touch on his record of foreign policy successes, including withdrawing troops from Iraq and killing Osama bin Laden, according to a set of talking points on the State of the Union address issued by the White House legislative affairs office.

“For the first time in nine years, there are no Americans fighting in Iraq,” the memo reads. “We’ve decimated al Qaeda’s leadership, delivered justice to Osama bin Laden, and put that terrorist network on the path to defeat. We’ve made important progress in Afghanistan, and begun a transition so Afghans can assume more responsibility. We joined with allies and partners to protect the Libyan people as they ended the regime of [Moammar Gadhafi]."

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The percentage who think Iran is the greatest threat has more than doubled in the past year.

President Obama nominated four officials to top Pentagon positions late Monday, including three undersecretaries.

James Miller was nominated to succeed Michele Flournoy as undersecretary of Defense for policy, after Flournoy announced last month she was stepping down. Miller was Flournoy’s top deputy.

President Obama has vowed to veto efforts to prevent $500 billion in automatic cuts to defense spending.

Cantor says the $600 billion in cuts should be replaced even if Congress must do so one year at a time.

Pakistan released its own investigation into the November incident in which 26 Pakistani soldiers were killed in a NATO airstrike on Monday, calling the U.S. investigation “contrary to facts” and placing the blame on U.S. and International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) forces.

“The fundamental cause of the incident of 26th November 2011 was the failure of U.S./ISAF to share its near-border operation with Pakistan at any level,” Pakistan’s military said in a statement Monday. “The US Investigation Report is structured around the argument of ‘self defense’ and ‘proportional use of force,’ an argument which is contrary to facts.”

Obama said the sanctions demonstrate that the world is unified against Iran obtaining nuclear weapons.

The former officer is alleged to have leaked the identity of a covert officer and other classified information to journalists.

The European Union passed an embargo on Iranian oil Monday, prompting renewed threats from Tehran about shutting the Strait of Hormuz if the United States and European Union proceed with their sanctions.

The EU sanctions, passed Monday in Brussels, place an immediate ban on new oil contracts with Iran and says all current contracts must be ended by July 1. The European measures come after U.S. sanctions against Iran’s central bank were included in the 2012 Defense Authorization bill passed last month.

The EU currently purchases about 20 percent of Iran’s oil.

The sanctions from the United States and EU are designed to stop Iran’s nuclear program, which Tehran says is for energy purposes but the United States and other allies say is for building a nuclear weapon.