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INAUGURATION DAY President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama walk Monday in the 57th Presidential Inauguration parade in Washington. FOUR MORE YEARS President Obama: ‘Our journey is not yet complete’ By GEOFFREY COOPER Special fo the Telegram WASHINGTON - Insisting that America’s possibilities are limit- less, Barack Obama was sworn in for a second term as president ‘Monday, expressing a firm com- mitment to level the playing field between high earners and the middle class while stabilizi social programs for the nat more vulnerable citizens. Qbama stood on the stops of the US. Capitol Building under gloomy skies and cold piercing winds to take the oath of office in. front of hundreds of thousands of onlookers, who filled most of the National Mall. The public inau- gural ceremony drew less visitors than the millions in 2008, Tt also carried added symbolism sineo the grand ceremony fell on Mar- tin Luther King Jr. Day Saveral local residents ventured to Washington late Sunday to join the fanfare surrounding Obama’s second inaugural ceremony. Nash County Commissioner Mary Wells said it was a must whom she caught the Amtrak from Rocky Mount to Washington early Sunday morning. Wells, a notable fixture in the Nash County Democratic Party, said in a telephone interview See OBAMA, 24 For more of President Barack Obama's speech s00 page 3A

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