January 22, 2009
Obama takes
oath again, faithfully this time
A day after he
and Chief Justice John Roberts
stumbled over the words, Obama
decides to do it over to remove any
doubt about the legitimacy of his
presidency.
Reporting from Washington --
President Obama took the oath of
office Tuesday outside the Capitol,
as millions watched in person and on
TV. He took it again Wednesday night
-- this time in the privacy of the
White House, with only a few aides
and reporters looking on.
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Obama sworn in as 44th
president
Barack Obama,
swearing an oath to preserve and
protect the Constitution, became the
nation's 44th president at noon
today in a solemn ceremony almost as
old as the nation itself.
At that moment a
roar rose up from more than 1 million
spectators who had jammed on the mall
for two miles west of the capitol. The
U.S. Marine Band struck up Hail to the
Chief and cannons boomed a 21-gun salute
to the first African American president.
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January
19, 2009
Obama sets off on train
ride to Washington
President-elect
Barack Obama, delivering a pledge "to
take up the work'' that the patriots of
American independence started here,
launched a thematic train ride that will
deliver the incoming president to
Washington
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January
13, 2009
Obama warns Democrats of
veto over bailout funds
Tested before
taking power, President-elect Barack
Obama privately delivered a
pre-inauguration veto threat to
fellow Democrats on Tuesday, saying
they would not deny him use of the
remaining $350 billion in federal
bailout funds.
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January
8, 2009
President-Elect Thanks the
Ex-Presidents for Their Counsel
President-elect Barack Obama's press
secretary Robert Gibbs issued a
statement on the lunch meeting between
Obama and four presidents, which The
Post's Dan Eggen covers here.
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January
6, 2009
Obama predicts $1 trillion
deficit 'for years to come'
President-elect
Barack Obama warned Tuesday that the
nation could face "trillion-dollar
deficits for years to come" but vowed to
pursue long-term budget changes as he
presses for immediate new spending and
tax cuts to jump-start the struggling
economy.
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January
4, 2009
Obama arrives in DC area 2
weeks before inaugural
President-elect
Barack Obama landed in the Washington
area Sunday evening, setting up the
final march toward his Jan. 20
inauguration.
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