Barack Obama took the Presidential oath of office becoming the 44th President of the United States, and first black U.S. President, then Obama delivered an inaugural address focusing on the themes of sacrifice and renewal on this Tuesday, January 20, 2009…
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And just before Barack Obama was sworn in, Joe Biden was sworn [...]

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Raw Video from The Associated Press (AP) throughout the morning leading up to The Inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States on this 20th day of January 2009:
President-elect Barack Obama started his Inauguration day by attending services at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Washington…
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C-SPAN has compiled the historical Inauguration Address Speeches of Presidents Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, JFK, Johnson, Nixon, George H. W. Bush, Clinton and George W. Bush and I thought I’d post them on this day that the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, will give his first Inaugural Address.
President Franklin Roosevelt 1933 Inauguration – [...]

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In a Special Comment, Countdown’s Keith Olbermann explains that President-elect Barack Obama should not be afraid to prosecute George W. Bush and those elected officials complicit in acts of torture in order to prevent the same mistakes from happening again.
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The United Nations is calling for a War Crimes investigation of Israeli forces in their attacks on Gaza when a UN school was hit by Israeli bombs.
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