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Obama's Inauguration

Obama is the 44th president

From the Associated Press:

WASHINGTON (AP) — Barack Hussein Obama is now the nation’s 44th president — and first black chief executive.
Even before he took the oath of office, Obama assumed the country’s highest office by mandate of the U.S. Constitution.
The 20th Amendment specifies that the terms of office of the president and vice president “shall end at noon on the 20th day of January ... and the terms of their successors shall then begin.”
And so, the transfer of power was complete when the clock struck noon.

 



Obama's Inauguration

Barack Obama's inauguration as the 44th president of the United States is drawing people from across the country, including the Inland Northwest. Watch this blog for Spokane-area residents' photos and firsthand observations from the events in Washington, D.C.