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Obama sworn in as 44th president of the United States

January 20, 2009 By MELANIE LEFKOWITZ melanie.lefkowitz@newsday.com; Staff writer Carol Polsky contributed to this story, which was supplemented with Associated Press reports.&subject=Obama sworn in as 44th president of th

Barack Hussein Obama declared the start of "a new era of responsibility" as he was sworn in yesterday to become the 44th president of the United States before more than 1 million cheering Americans who traveled from around the country to witness history.

The son of a black Kenyan father and white Kansan mother, Obama characterized his swearing-in as "a moment that will define a generation."...

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