A Day In History

Barack Obama was sworn in today as the 44th president of the United States and the nation's first African-American president. Obama acknowledged in his inaugural address that the nation is in crisis, but said America remains the most powerful nation on Earth. "Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America," he said. Obama's inaugural speech can be read here: http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/20/obama.politics/index.html