| Obama in history (updated as of July 2010):
Activity as elected President:
On November 10, 2008, Obama met George Bush to discuss the state of affairs in the country and around the world.
On November 11, 2008, Barack Obama along with his wife Mischelle Obama were received by President George Bush and the First Lady at the White House, which the US media treated as the “beginning of the handing-over of power”.
On November 17, 2008, Obama met Republican Senator John McCain; Obama along with John McCain issued a statement proclaiming the intention “to begin a new era of reform” in Washington and the “Returning of Prosperity” to American families.
On November 18, 2008, Obama in a video conference with participants from an ecological conference in Los Angeles has condemned present administration for “the USA's refusal to play a leading role” in conservation of the environment; Obama has promised that he will allocate 15 billion USD towards energy preservation and shall see that enough measures would be taken so that the green-house gas emission levels in the USA by 2020 reach the emission levels of 1990. The same daythe media came out with the information that Obama has intentions to induct African-American Eric Holder as the Minister of Justice in his future administration who once held the post of US Deputy Minister of Justice during the days of Bill Clinton.
On November 24, 2008 Obama introduced several people as members of “The President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board” which would hold important posts in the future and work out policies of future administration with respect to the world economic crisis.
On November 26, Obama stated that Paul Walker would head the “Economic Advisory Group” who was once chairman of the US Federal Reserve System from 1979 to 1987.
In Chicago on December 1, 2008 Barack Obama officially announced Senator Hillary Clinton would be made US State Secretary, Minister of Defense Mr. Robert Gates would continue in the same post.
Presidency:
Inauguration:
Barack Obama takes the Presidential oath:
On January 20, 2009 during the inauguration ceremony near the Capitol Building, Barack Obama was sworn-in as the 44th US president at 12:05 EST (17:05 UTC); a record number audience gathered to witness the ceremony and over one million spectators. The oath was taken on the Bible on which swore Abraham Lincoln during his inauguration. The Commemorative Proclamation declaring January 20, 2009 as “National Day for updating and consent” became the first act signed by Obama after taking the oath of office as US President.
In his speech, Obama called it as the “New Era of Responsibility”.
According to CNN (January 21, 2009), expenditure spent on the inauguration of Barack Obama and the inauguration celebrations were the highest in the US history: the expenditure for organizing the inauguration ceremony exceeded 160 million dollars.
The next day late at night, according to the advice of Constitutional Jurists, Obama, as a precaution once again took the oath of office as head of the state in the White house, since a mistake was made by Obama while reading out the oath established by the Constitution of the USA during the actual ceremony: Chairman of the US Supreme Court Mr. Roberts had wrongly put the word “faithfully” after the words “to fulfill the duties of the President of the United States”.
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