Barack Obama has taken the Oath and has sworn in as the 44th President of the United States of America at the Capitol on Tuesday. Thousands of crowd greeted him and gathered to see him live. Nearly 40,000 of security personnel has been deployed and many measures have been taken to beef up the security. An estimated 150 million dollars have been spent for the inauguration day.
In his speech, Obama says, "What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility — a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation, and the world, duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character, than giving our all to a difficult task."
"Our nation is at war, against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred," Obama said in an apparent reference to two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan which has created anti-US sentiment in major parts of the world.
"Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some, but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age," Obama said in his reference to the current economic recession.
"The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to choose our better history; to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, passed on from generation to generation: the God-given promise that all are equal, all are free, and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness," he said.
With this and more, Obama has now officially been the 44th US President and the first Black American president in the history. He promises to bring about a change and more responsicle America.
Reference taken from : www.ibnlive.in
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