A day for history: Obama takes oath
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By Jim Young, Reuters |
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Obama takes power amid daunting challenges, high expectations
The nation’s first African-American president also will face something more immediately imposing: a crowd that could exceed the record 1.2 million from Lyndon Johnson’s inauguration in 1965, dotting the National Mall and lining the Pennsylvania Avenue parade route to the White House.
Obama takes power amid daunting challenges, high expectations – USATODAY.com.
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