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English: Barack Obama takes the oath of office at the U.S. Capitol and delivers his second inaugural address during a public ceremony marking his second inauguration as President of the United States. The address was delivered on the West Front of the United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. on January 21, 2013.
The inaugural address was 2,137 words long and President Obama took 18.5 minutes to deliver it between 11:53 a.m. and 12:12 p.m. [27] In a speech "heavy on broad rhetoric and light on policy specifics" as noted by the Washington Post [27] Obama's second inaugural speech was regarded as laying out a broad liberal or progressive agenda ...
Obama's 2013 State of the Union Address was, in the words of CNN's Rebecca Sinderbrand, "a companion to the ideological offensive in his inauguration speech." The New York Times added: "Obama did not match the lofty tone of his inauguration speech, but the address was clearly intended to be its workmanlike companion.
Michelle Obama has attended every inauguration since 2009, including Trump’s first inauguration in 2017. In 2023, she spoke on her show The Light Postcast about what it was like to sit in the ...
Former President Barack Obama waves after finishing his first inaugural address in 2009. He took office at a time of national peril: The Great Recession had devastated the economy and the US was ...
On July 19, 2013, President Obama gave a speech in place of the usual White House daily briefing normally given by White House Press Secretary Jay Carney. In the 17-minute speech, President Obama spoke about public reaction to the conclusion of the George Zimmerman trial, racial profiling, and the state of race relations in the United States. [46]
The five living U.S. presidents — Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton — reunited to honor the life and legacy of Jimmy Carter. On Thursday, Jan. 9, a date ...
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