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Published January 21, 2013, 12:00 AM

Obama inauguration

President Barack Obama is inaugurated for a second term.


President Barack Obama speaks at the ceremonial swearing-in at the U.S. Capitol during the 57th Presidential Inauguration in Washington, Monday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

  • President Barack Obama speaks at the ceremonial swearing-in at the U.S. Capitol during the 57th Presidential Inauguration in Washington, Monday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
  • President Barack Obama greets House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., on Capitol Hill in Washington on Monday before his ceremonial swearing-in ceremony during the 57th Presidential Inauguration. (AP Photo/Jonathan Ernst, Pool)
  • Chief Justice John Roberts, followed by Justice Antonin Scalia, arrives on the West Front of the Capitol in Washington on Monday for the Presidential Barack Obama's ceremonial swearing-in ceremony during the 57th Presidential Inauguration. Roberts will administer the presidential oath to President Barack Obama during the ceremonial swearing-in ceremony. (AP Photo/Win McNamee, Pool)
  • Vice President Joe Biden, followed by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., arrives on the West Front of the Capitol in Washington on Monday for the Presidential Barack Obama's ceremonial swearing-in ceremony during the 57th Presidential Inauguration. (AP Photo/Win McNamee, Pool)
  • President Barack Obama pauses with his escorts before walking through the Lower West Terrace Door on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Jan. 21, 201, for his ceremonial swearing-in ceremony during the 57th Presidential Inauguration. (AP Photo/Jonathan Ernst, Pool)
  • Vice President Joe Biden receives the oath of office from Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor at the ceremonial swearing-in at the U.S. Capitol during the 57th Presidential Inauguration in Washington on Monday. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
  • President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden listen to the benediction at the ceremonial swearing-in at the U.S. Capitol during the 57th Presidential Inauguration in Washington on Monday. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
  • President Barack Obama takes the oath of office from Chief Justice John Roberts at the ceremonial swearing-in on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol during the 57th Presidential Inauguration in Washington on Monday. (AP Photo/Scott Andrews, Pool)
  • President Barack Obama receives the oath of office from Chief Justice John Roberts at the ceremonial swearing-in at the U.S. Capitol during the 57th Presidential Inauguration in Washington on Monday. First Lady Michelle Obama holds the bible as daughters Malia and Sasha watch. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
  • President Barack Obama, left, shakes hands with Chief Justice John Roberts after the ceremonial swearing-in at the U.S. Capitol during the 57th Presidential Inauguration in Washington on Monday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
  • President Barack Obama kisses his wife Michelle after the ceremonial swearing-in at the U.S. Capitol during the 57th Presidential Inauguration in Washington on Monday. Right is Chief Justice John Roberts. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
  • President Barack Obama waves after his speech while Vice President Joe Biden applauds at the ceremonial swearing-in at the U.S. Capitol during the 57th Presidential Inauguration in Washington on Monday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
  • First lady Michelle Obama speaks with her daughter Sasha at the ceremonial swearing-in for President Barack Obama at the U.S. Capitol during the 57th Presidential Inauguration in Washington on Monday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
  • Singer Kelly Clarkson performs at the ceremonial swearing-in for President Barack Obama at the U.S. Capitol during the 57th Presidential Inauguration in Washington on Monday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
  • President Barack Obama waves during the ceremonial swearing-in ceremony during the 57th Presidential Inauguration on Monday on the West Front of the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Win McNamee, Pool)
  • In this Jan. 20, 2009, file photo, Barack Obama, left, takes the oath of office from Chief Justice John Roberts, not seen, as his wife Michelle, holds the Lincoln Bible and daughters Sasha, right and Malia, watch at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Obama's second inauguration is shaping up as a high-energy celebration smaller than his first milestone swearing-in, yet still designed to mark his unprecedented role in American history with plenty of eye-catching glamour. A long list of celebrity performers will give the once-every-four years right of democratic passage the air of a star-studded concert, from the bunting-draped Capitol's west front of the Capitol, where Obama takes the oath Jan. 21, to the Washington Convention Center, which is expected to be packed with 40,000 ball-goers that evening. (AP Photo/Chuck Kennedy, Pool)