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However, a memo noting his planned pauses in the recitation of the oath failed to reach Obama's staff before the swearing-in. [102] [103] As a result, Obama inadvertently interrupted Roberts during the first phrase, stating "I, Barack" while Roberts was finishing "do solemnly swear". Obama then correctly repeated the entire phrase "I, Barack ...
January 20, 2009 was a cold day in Washington D.C., with temperatures hovering right below freezing, but an estimated 1.8 million people flooded onto the National Mall to see incoming President ...
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 ...
"Praise Song for the Day" is an occasional poem written by the American poet Elizabeth Alexander and delivered at the 2009 presidential inauguration of President Barack Obama.The poem is the fourth to be delivered at a United States presidential inauguration, following in the tradition of recitals by Robert Frost (John F. Kennedy, 1961), Maya Angelou (Bill Clinton, 1993), and Miller Williams ...
Watch Obama's 2013 oath of office: Anyone looking to keep track of whether or not Roberts and Trump pull off a perfect oath, here's the exact language they'll both be saying come Friday.
The song was released digitally on August 24, 2008. It was inspired by Barack Obama 's presidential campaign and was later posted as a free download on Obama's website. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The song also alludes to Gandhi's quote, "Be the change you want to see in the world," with the lines "We don't have to wait for destiny / we should / be the change ...
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Obama officially became the 44th President of the United States while the piece was being performed, at noon, as the United States Constitution stipulates. [ 5 ] Although it appeared that the piece was being performed live, it was in fact mimed while a recording made two days before was fed to the television pool and speakers. [ 3 ]