A day for history: Obama takes oath

A majority of those surveyed in a USA TODAY/Gallup survey last week predicted that Barack Obama will be able to achieve every one of 10 major campaign promises, from reducing health care costs and increasing coverage to withdrawing most U.S. combat troops from Iraq within 16 months. A majority of those surveyed in a USA TODAY/Gallup survey last week predicted that Barack Obama will be able to achieve every one of 10 major campaign promises, from reducing health care costs and increasing coverage to withdrawing most U.S. combat troops from Iraq within 16 months.

By Jim Young, Reuters

Obama takes power amid daunting challenges, high expectations

WASHINGTON — Barack Hussein Obama takes the oath of office as 44th president of the United States today facing twin challenges of war and recession and an electorate that believes he’s up to the task.

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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