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
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