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Published 1/19/2009 by rsinderbrand at CNN Political Ticker

Unprecedented security effort has been mounted around in advance of the inauguration. WASHINGTON (CNN) — From land, water and air, tens of thousands of policemen, federal agents and national guardsmen are being deployed in a unprecedented effort to make sure the inauguration of Barack Obama is safe. "Right now we have no credible threat that there [...] (link)

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