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Obama speech sets stage for policy
President Barack Obama has prepared a second inaugural address that broadly lays out his vision for the country's future.
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The 57th inauguration, a Q and A
Here are a few questions and answers about this year's quadrennial event, at which Barack Obama will be sworn in for a second term.
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Flub could put Obama in record book
If Barack Obama really wants to make history, he should flub the oath of office Monday.
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PHOTOS: Inauguration Day 2013
Photos of Inauguration Day in Washington D.C.
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Inauguration moments: A look back
From Barack Obama to George Washington's swearing in 224 years ago, presidential inaugurations have always been an important part of the American story.
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Biden: I'm proud to be President
Saturday night, at the Iowa State Society's inauguration ball -- one of scores of unofficial parties that blossom every four years in the shadows of the real things -- VP Joe Biden told the crowd he was honored to be, yes, "president."
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Inaugural speech written from hospital?
Presidential speechwriters are used to tight deadlines, but when Michael Gerson had a mild heart attack while writing George W. Bush's second inaugural speech, he ended up writing the speech from his hospital bed.
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Enough bathrooms for crowds?
In 2009, when some 1.8 million attended, they had about 5,000 portable toilets at their disposal.
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'Second-term curse' for Obama?
No matter what President Barack Obama tries to accomplish in the next four years, one of his biggest challenges might be avoiding the kind of missteps that have tripped up many of his predecessors in their second terms.
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Inauguration, MLK holiday symbolic
When the nation's first African-American president takes the public oath of office for his second term on Monday, he will do it on the national holiday devoted to the country's greatest civil rights dreamer, the Rev. Martin Luther King.
