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  • Obama sworn in at low-key White House ceremony

    Obama sworn in at low-key White House ceremony China Daily-USA 2013-01-21 WASHINGTON – US President Barack Obama took the official oath for his second term on Sunday at the White House in a small, private ceremony that set a more subdued tone compared to the historic start of his presidency four years ago. Gathered with…

  • Obama sworn in for second term

    Obama sworn in for second term France 24 2013-01-20 US President Barack Obama on Sunday was sworn in for a second four-year term at a small, private ceremony at the White House. He will take the oath again on Monday at the Capitol during a public swearing-in. A still-popular Barack Obama took the presidential oath…

  • Obama sworn in for second term

    Obama sworn in for second term The New Zealand Herald 2013-01-21 Stepping into his second term, President Barack Obama took the oath of office in an intimate swearing-in ceremony at the White House, the leader of a nation no longer in the throes of the recession he inherited four years ago, but still deeply divided.…

  • Inauguration Day: Obama sworn in for second term

    Inauguration Day: Obama sworn in for second term BBC News 2013-01-20 Barack Obama has officially been sworn in for his second term as US president in a small ceremony at the White House. Although the US Constitution requires the oath of office to be taken by noon on 20 January, that falls on a Sunday…

  • Obama Takes Oath in Quiet Ceremony

    Obama Takes Oath in Quiet Ceremony The New York Times 2013-01-20 Brian Knowlton Doug Mills/The New York Times WASHINGTON — With only his family nearby, President Obama was sworn into office in the White House before noon on Sunday in advance of Monday’s public pomp, the private moment forced by a rare quirk of the…

  • In Second Inaugural Address, Can President Obama Reassure a Worried Public?

    In Second Inaugural Address, Can President Obama Reassure a Worried Public? The Daily Beast 2013-01-19 Evan Thomas These are gloomy times for an inauguration. In Newsweek, Evan Thomas asks: On Monday, can the president rise to the occasion with a historically inspiring message? The last Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, 2009, dawned bright and cold. More…

  • Inauguration will cement ties between Obama, Martin Luther King Jr.

    Inauguration will cement ties between Obama, Martin Luther King Jr. The Washington Post 2013-01-15 Wil Haygood, Reporter President Barack Obama, with the nation and world watching, will share his Inauguration Day spotlight with a Baptist preacher from Georgia who launched a moral crusade six decades ago to wrest America from its brutal Jim Crow laws.…

  • African Americans Reflect on Obama 2nd Inauguration

    African Americans Reflect on Obama 2nd Inauguration Voice of America 2013-01-15 Chris Simkins WASHINGTON — Americans from across the nation will converge on Washington, DC, next  Monday (January 21) for the second inauguration of President Barack Obama. The moment will be especially meaningful for millions of African Americans who will again witness history as the…

  • Why The Next President Will Probably Be Black Too

    Why The Next President Will Probably Be Black Too BuzzFeed 2013-01-03 Ben Smith, BuzzFeed Staff If there is anything approaching an iron law of American politics, it’s this: The next president will be a member of the same race as the current one. It’s a rule that has held through 42 of 43 transfers of…

  • President Obama on “The View”

    President Obama on “The View” Sojourners: Faith in Action for Social Justice 2010-08-02 Valerie Elverton Dixon Just Peace Theory President Obama visited with the five hosts of the ABC daytime talk show “The View.” People complained. He should have gone to the Boy Scout gathering. The office of the presidency ought to be above such…