President Obama's Inauguration

On Tuesday January 20th, 2009, American history was made when we President elect Barack Obama was inaugurated and became President Obama, the first African American to become president. A enormous amount of people stood in the cold and watched President Obama swear into office. Placing his hand on the same bible as President Lincoln did many years ago, he took the oath of office and officially became the president of the United States.

The first article I read stated that President Obama, now sworn into office, is already on task, working hard to serve our country. During his speech, President Obama stated that we should start fresh and learn from all of our mistakes for the past few years. "Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and begin again the work of remaking America," Obama said. President Obama already started work on Wednesday, just the day after he was inaugurated. Just like in his campaign, President Obama promises to get the United States troops out of Iraq. This day also very special because this country has celebrated 55 inaugurations but never the one of a man like him. Being the first African American president, Obama is made a whole new chapter in American history.

In the second article I read was about how many other countries celebrated the news of our new president. Many countries hope that President Obama will spark a new light and start a new era in America. Newspapers in Iran had articles about Bush's departure and Obama's arrival into the White House. In Russia not many channels were broadcasting President Obama's inauguration except for one stating it was unlikely to live up to expectations. Only one channel showed the analysis of the inauguration. In China only one state-run news channel showed the historic event. They faded out the picture as the talk to communism started. In the Middle East the news casts were focused around the hope that Obama will bring a better approach to the Middle East Policy than George Bush. In Israel, several channels showed the event and they considered it a "wait and see" event. The centrist, top-selling Yediot Aharanot said "nothing significant" was likely to happen in terms of US-Israeli relations until "the formation of the new Israeli government in March". In Afganistan, they believe that Obama will not create a change to this nation and it will be the same as George Bush. In North Korea, there was no talk of this event to anyone. All in all, the news of President Obama was taken in very different ways around the world.

In conclusion, our new president, President Barack Obama is willing to bring change into our country and wishes to change and learn from our mistakes. He is already hard at work to help our country to the best of his ability. President Obama is now the leader of our country and will start a whole new era in America.

Article 1- http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090120/ap_on_go_pr_wh/inauguration_rdp

Article 2-http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/obama_inauguration/7842752.stm

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