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INAUGURAL COSTS.... This week, inaugural festivities are a pretty big deal -- in D.C., throughout the country, and even around the world -- but it appears some news outlets have found a way to find fault with the celebration. The...
Transcript - Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address - Text
Transcript - Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address - Text
nytimes.com — Following is the transcript of President Barack Obama ’s Inaugural Address, as transcribed by CQ Transcriptions: PRESIDENT BARACK Thank you. Thank you. CROWD: Obama! Obama! Obama! Obama! My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task ... (more) Transcript - Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address - Text
Obama's inaugural speech
Obama's inaugural speech
cnn.com — Barack and Michelle Obama depart the Blair House before the inauguration Tuesday in Washington, D.C. (more) Obama's inaugural speech
Bill Clinton: First Inaugural Address. U.S. Inaugural Addresses. 1989
bartleby.com — To that work I now turn, with all the authority of my office. I ask the Congress to join with me. But no president, no Congress, no government, can undertake this mission alone. My fellow Americans, you, too, must play your part in our renewal. I ... (more) Bill Clinton: First Inaugural Address. U.S. Inaugural ...
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Inauguration Extravaganza
PoliGazette — ... Experts estimate that the price tag of the parties and inauguration itself will be around $150 million. That is almost four times as much as President George W. Bush spent on his inauguration in 2001.  ...

The Cost of the Inauguration: A Cold Wind Blows
The Next Right — ... Two columns by Media Matters' Eric Boehlert (latest via Steve Benen) capture this "...aaaaand switch!" dynamic quite well.  In 2005, ...

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volokh.com 1/17/2009 — It will be interesting to see whether Obama yields at all to the demands of the weather in his inaugural address. It's been brutally cold in Washington the last few days,...