On Jan. 20, 2009, Barack Obama was sworn in as president of the United States. Obama took his place as the 44th president under a bright winter sky, painting this perilous national moment in unsparing terms and exhorting Americans to respond by taking greater responsibility for themselves, the country and the world. More than 1 million people flocked to the National Mall to take part in the event, spilling outward from the gleaming white Capitol steps toward the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial more than a mile away.
On Jan. 20, 2009, Barack Obama was sworn in as president of the United States. Obama took his place as the 44th president under a bright winter sky, painting this perilous national moment in unsparing terms and exhorting Americans to respond by taking greater responsibility for themselves, the country and the world. More than 1 million people flocked to the National Mall to take part in the event, spilling outward from the gleaming white Capitol steps toward the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial more than a mile away.
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Obama gets more presidential look
The Swampby Frank James As his inauguration to be the nation's 44th president draws closer, President-elect Barack Obama is gaining the trappings of the Oval Office occupant. There was the hard-to-miss presidential seal on the door of the aircraft that carried.......Tags: White House, Barack Obama, National Government, Government, Defense
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Obama's inauguration: Lincoln's Bible
The Swampby Mark Silva In a little more than two weeks, the presidential military aide will travel to the Capitol with President George W. Bush carrying codes for America's nuclear defenses, and later that day the military aide will leave the......Tags: John F. Williams, Itzhak Perlman, Dianne Feinstein, National Government, Joseph E. Lowery
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Obama vetting of Richardson a blooper
The Swampby Frank James My first thought on hearing that New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson had asked President-elect Obama to drop his nomination as Commerce Secretary because of a federal probe into possible pay to play activity in Richardson's office was......Tags: Politics, National Government, Rod Blagojevich, Auction Service, Minority Groups
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Obama's inaugural: $27 million, counting
The Swampby Mark Silva The private fundraising for President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration -- $27 million and counting - is nearing the $40 million raised for each of President Bush's two big shows. And some of the biggest donors are no strangers:......Tags: Barbra Streisand, Charity, National Government, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Jamie Foxx
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Obama wants $300 bill. stimulus tax cuts
The Swampby Frank James President-elect Barack Obama apparently plans on including more than $300 billion in tax cuts in his expected mega stimulus bill of at least $775 billion over two years, according to news reports. The move is meant to......Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, National Government, John Boehner, Heads of State
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Barack Obama's restaurant-review debut
The Swampby Mark Silva We don't often see the president-elect of the United States doing restaurant reviews. And we only now are seeing this one, taped in 2001. The producers of Chicago station WTTW's Check, Please! had been scouting for amateur......Tags: Barack Obama, National Government, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Dining and Drinking, Restaurants
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Obama train trip worries some
The Swampby Frank James President-elect Barack Obama's planned pre-inauguration train trip to Washington via Philadelphia, Wilmington, Del. and Baltimore has stoked concerns among some that he could be at risk from a terrorist attack on caustic industrial...Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Maryland, Washington, DC, National Government, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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Obama Inauguration: Are you going?
Spin CycleWith Barack Obama's inauguration two weeks away, we at Spin Cycle are looking for Long Islanders traveling to Washington for the historic event. If you received tickets through your congressman or are planning to be one of the estimated......Tags: Facebook, Barack Obama
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Obama to inherit 'broken government'
The Swamp(Photo illustration from the Center for Public Integrity "Broken Government" project.) by Frank James It's bad enough President-elect Barack Obama will assume office amid the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression and two wars. But the non-...Tags: Joe Barton, Politics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Government, Career and Workplace
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Consumers strangely more upbeat: Gallup
The Swampby Frank James There's been precious little good economic news lately. But that somehow hasn't kept consumer sentiment from improving recently according to Gallup's pollsters. As Gallup reports: Consumer expectations are getting a little better as the new...Tags: Consumers, Politics, National Government, Government, Federal Reserve
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Obama: Waste-patrol to control spending
The Swampby Peter Nicholas President-elect Barack Obama announced today that he is creating a new high-level position to wring waste and inefficiencies from government, as part of a broader push to bring more discipline to federal spending. At a news conference,.....Tags: Bill Clinton, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Diplomacy, Politics, Barack Obama
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Blair House: Which date bumps Obama?
The Swampby Mark Silva When we first heard that President-elect Barack Obama could not move into Blair House, the official guest house for the most valued guests of the White House sitting across the street from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, we were......Tags: White House, Barack Obama, National Government, Laura Bush, Pennsylvania
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