U.S. Presidential Inauguration -- News Roundup

Confident Obama Lays Out Battle Plan As He Launches Second Term -- Reuters

(Reuters) - A confident President Barack Obama kicked off his second term on Monday with an impassioned call for a more inclusive America that rejects partisan rancor and embraces immigration reform, gay rights and the fight against climate change.

Obama's ceremonial swearing-in at the U.S. Capitol was filled with traditional pomp and pageantry, but it was a scaled-back inauguration compared to the historic start of his presidency in 2009 when he swept into office on a mantle of hope and change as America's first black president.


Despite expectations tempered by lingering economic weakness and a divided Washington, Obama delivered a preview of the priorities he intends to pursue - essentially, a reaffirmation of core liberal Democratic causes - declaring Americans "are made for this moment" and must "seize it together."

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More News On Today's U.S. Presidential Inauguration

Second Inaugural Address of Barack Hussein Obama (Transcript) -- Time

Inauguration of President Barack Obama in 2013 -- BBC
Inauguration 2013: Obama, Biden, Schumer, Reid remarks at inaugural luncheon -- Politico
Obama takes ceremonial oath, tells nation 'our journey is not complete' -- NBC
Obama Lays Out His Second-Term Goals -- Wall Street Journal
Obama looks to past to set course for future -- CBS
Obama sets out goals in inauguration speech: 'We are made for this moment' -- The Guardian
Obama Begins Second Term Amid Celebration, Ceremony -- Voice of America
Global hopes, concerns for Obama's second term -- Sara Miller Llana, Staff Writer, Chelsea Sheasley, Contributor, Fred Weir, Correspondent, Saba Imtiaz, Correspondent, Mike Pflanz, Correspondent, Ralph Jennings, Correspondent/Christian Science Monitor
Obama inaugural address: a call to act on unfulfilled ideals -- Christian Science Monitor
Obama embraces progressive agenda in second inaugural address -- Liz Goodwin, The Ticket/Yahoo News
Obama Doctrine, Reagan Doctrine -- James Joyner, National Interest
The second-term climate -- Washington Post editorial
Inauguration Day in pictures as Barack Obama is sworn in – live updates -- The Guardian