>Charles Ommanney, United Kingdom, Getty Images for Newsweek.Barack Obama and President George W. Bush share a joke before leaving the White House to go to the Capitol for Obama’s swearing-in ceremony.
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Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the United States at the West Front of the Capitol in Washington, D.C. on 20 January. Obama was the first African-American in the country’s history to hold the office. | |
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