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 inaugural smartphone help
The SwampDC Inauguration Video 121808 from Daniel R. Odio on Vimeo. by Frank James Smartphone owners intending to visit Washington for the Obama inaugural (that probably narrows the field of all inauguration visitors to around one million people right there) may.....Tags: Dining and Drinking, New Products, Restaurants, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Rick Warren loves 'gays and straights'
The Swampby Frank James Rev. Rick Warren of Saddleback Church defended himself against criticism that President-elect Barack Obama shouldn't have chosen him to deliver the invocation at his inaugural next month, saying he's not anti-gay. An excerpt from the...Tags: Family, Minority Groups, Democratic National Conventions, Marriage, Government
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Rick Warren's 'I love gays' speech video
The Swampby Frank James The Muslim Public Affairs Council has clued us in to where to find the video of Rev. Rick Warren's speech last weekend to the organization, a response to critics opposed to President-elect Barack Obama choice of......Tags: Barack Obama, Islam
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County Democrats host 'inaugural ball' far from cold
Palm Beach Politics - Sun-Sentinel BlogsLocals eager to join in Obama inauguration partying, without enduring D.C. crowds and weather, can head to the Crowne Plaza Hotel in West Palm Beach for dinner, drinks and dancing on Jan. 20. The Democratic Executive Committee of Palm Beach...... -
Obama's golf game: 'Better than bowling'
The Swampby Mark Silva Has Barack Obama got game on the golf course? It's hard to tell, standing back as far as the "protective pool'' does. But the reporters assigned to the president-elect's Hawaiian vacation have reported seeing the Illinoisan on......Tags: White House, Barack Obama, Golf, Sports, George W. Bush
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Swamp Sunrise: Obama comes to town
The SwampPresident-elect Barack Obama's family has checked into a hotel a block from the White House, so that his young daughters can start school at Sidwell Friends School on Monday and the president-elect can meet with congressional leaders on Monday. The......Tags: White House, Barack Obama, Local Elections, Michelle Obama, Government
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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, Armed Forces, Government, National Government
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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: Music, Aretha Franklin, Joseph E. Lowery, George W. Bush, Dianne Feinstein
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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: Trade Policy, Minority Groups, Regional Authority, Government, National Government
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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: George Lucas, Samuel L. Jackson, Charity, George W. Bush, Government
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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: Barack Obama, John Boehner, Public Finance, Politics, Government
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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, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Dining and Drinking, Government, National Government
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