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Obama's date with history (Politico)

 
Politico - Barack Obama’s date with history was just hours away Tuesday morning as a transfixed nation and a frigid but jubilant capital readied to watch him become the 44th president of the United States – and the first African-American to hold the nation’s highest office. (link)

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