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WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Barack Obama began his first full day in office with a moment of solitude in the Oval Office, reading a note from his predecessor. Obama arrived in the Oval Office at 8:35 a.m., according to White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs. The president spent 10 minutes alone in the office, reading a [...] (link)

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