
Time to act, Obama declares, taking oath 2nd time
Turning the page on years of war and recession, President Barack Obama summoned a divided nation Monday to act with "passion and dedication" to ...

Exodus of inaugural watchers jams DC subway stops
Crowded subway stations and a disabled train caused major headaches Monday for thousands of rail riders trying to get home from President Barack ...

Nation honors King on day of Obama inauguration
Commemorative events for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. slid seamlessly into celebrations of the swearing-in Monday of the nation's first black ...

Obama girls to hit teen milestones in White House
That's how it goes with kids. You hardly notice how fast they're growing up, then suddenly big sis is nearly as tall as Mom and the little one is a ...

Quick hits and other moments from Obama inaugural
A wistful moment for President Barack Obama came shortly after his public swearing-in ceremony. As he began walking off the inaugural platform to go ...
Inauguration Quotes
Quotes on Inauguration Day: ___ "Our country cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make it." —President Barack ...

Analysis: Obama agenda will confront GOP on debt
President Barack Obama appealed for "one nation and one people" in his second inaugural address. Any notion that the country's bitter partisanship ...
Obama: Privilege to use King's Bible in inaugural
President Barack Obama says it was a privilege to take the oath of office using a Bible that had been owned by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Obama, first lady walk part of inaugural parade
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama on Monday emerged twice from their limousine to respond to wildly cheering crowds along the ...
Ex-President George H.W. Bush sends Obama regards
Former President George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara, are congratulating President Barack Obama as he begins his second term. The 88-year-old ...

Obama's second inaugural is a political speech
President Barack Obama never mentioned the words Democrat or Republican, yet his second inaugural address was a decidedly political speech.

Obama officially signs Cabinet nominations
Minutes after his inauguration speech Monday, President Barack Obama signed documents officially submitting top administration nominations to the ...

Inauguration offers brief pause from TV bickering
The second inauguration of President Barack Obama gave television networks a chance to bask in the majesty of a Washington event that unites Americans ...

Special interests gather for own inaugural parties
While most Americans caught distant glimpses of President Barack Obama's second inauguration festivities from their living room TVs and on the ...

Inaugural poet pays homage to American experience
Poet Richard Blanco has delivered an inaugural poem paying homage to the American experience. Blanco, at age 44 the youngest ever inaugural poet, ...

Tuskegee airmen honored guests at inaugural
They sat in wheelchairs as honored guests at President Barack Obama's second inaugural, attended to almost minute-by-minute by active duty members of ...

THE RESET: Obama oath-taking pauses partisan duels
President Barack Obama took the ceremonial oath of office for four more years on a chilly day under overcast skies. But temperatures will surely rise ...

Miss America attends inauguration despite the cold
Miss America Mallory Hagan says she made it to the inauguration on Monday despite the chilly weather. In an interview Saturday, Hagan had said she ...
President Barack Obama's inaugural address
Text of President Barack Obama's inaugural address, as provided by the White House: __ Vice President Biden, Mr. Chief Justice, members of the United ...
Obama inaugural speech references Stonewall riots
President Barack Obama referenced the Stonewall gay-rights riots in his inaugural address, classing them as a civil rights watershed along with key ...

Obama calls for action, not delay
President Barack Obama says "we must act" even if our work is imperfect. He says we cannot afford to delay. In a message that could be aimed at the ...
Tuskegee Airman recalls Truman inauguration
Some of the most cared for spectators at President Barack Obama's inauguration were the Tuskegee Airmen, America's first black military pilots.

Obama takes public oath of office
President Barack Obama is promising to uphold the Constitution in a public swearing in ceremony that signals the beginning of his second term in ...

Sen. Schumer opens inaugural
Sen. Charles Schumer is opening the 57th inaugural ceremonies by invoking the innate majesty and sacred meaning of the proceedings. The duty falls to ...

Clinton, Carter join Obama inaugural gathering
Former presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter joined lawmakers and other dignitaries at the Capitol for President Barack Obama's ceremonial ...