"I, Barack Hussein Obama , do solemnly swear ..." Well, nothing was more stunning and cathartic than those few words. Not the remarkable American diorama in all its polychromatic wonder spread out for miles on the National Mall in Washington . Not the clear, sober cadences of our new President's Inaugural Address . Not the prayers and tears, the unstoppable smiles and barely controlled giddiness of what may have been the happiest crowd ever to grace the nation's capital. A man named Barack Hussein Obama is now the President of the United States. He...
Obama Promises New Destiny, Work Begins Today
Barack Obama's Inauguration showed the world a more sober, civil and exuberant America
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