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The congressional committee released the full schedule of the January 20 inaugural events on December 17, 2008. The inauguration schedule referred to the president‑elect as "Barack H. Obama", although Obama specified previously that he intended to use his full name for his swearing-in ceremony, including his middle name Hussein. [14]
In addition to the official inaugural balls visited by President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama to celebrate the inauguration, various other notable balls and gatherings were held on January 20, 2009 throughout Washington, D.C. and the surrounding region that featured an array of themes, including: [1]
The following is a timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama from his inauguration as the 44th president of the United States on January 20, 2009, to December 31, 2009. For his time as president-elect, see the presidential transition of Barack Obama; for a detailed account of his first months in office, see first 100 days of the Barack Obama presidency; for a complete itinerary of his travels ...
U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama walk down Pennsylvania Avenue enroute to the White House during the inaugural parade in Washington on Tuesday, January 20, 2009.
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. [28] In a speech "heavy on broad rhetoric and light on policy specifics" as noted by the Washington Post [28] Obama's second inaugural speech was regarded as laying out a broad liberal or progressive agenda ...
The following is a timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama, from January 1, 2012, to December 31, 2012.For his time as president-elect, see the presidential transition of Barack Obama; for a detailed account of his first months in office, see first 100 days of Barack Obama's presidency; for a complete itinerary of his travels, see list of presidential trips made by Barack Obama.
(L-R) Former U.S. President George W. Bush, former first lady Laura Bush and former U.S. President Barack Obama arrive to the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in the Rotunda of ...
First, although Obama constitutionally assumed the Presidency at 12:00 pm on January 20, he did not complete the oath of office until 12:05 pm. [44] [45] Clinton also completed the oath about five minutes late during his first inauguration. [44] Additionally, Obama and the administering official, Chief Justice of the United States John G ...