Wednesday Jan 21 14:00 AEDT
By ninemsn staff with wires | 21 Jan 2009Swearing to "preserve, protect and defend" the US constitution, Barack Obama this morning became the nation's 44th — and first black — president.
Wednesday Jan 21 01:14 AEDT
By Jitendra Joshi | 21 Jan 2009Hundreds of thousands of people have streamed into Washington to witness the inauguration of Barack Obama as the first black US president.
Wednesday Jan 21 00:44 AEDT
21 Jan 2009Hundreds of thousands of people have streamed into Washington to witness the inauguration of Barack Obama as the first black US president, in a moment of national unity after years of political tumult.
Tuesday Jan 20 23:53 AEDT
20 Jan 2009Continuing a White House ritual, President George W Bush has left a note in the Oval Office for president-elect Barack Obama, wishing him well.
Tuesday Jan 20 19:42 AEDT
20 Jan 2009Washington pulsed on the eve of Barack Obama's inauguration with a building sense of joy, racial healing and a lightness of mood rarely witnessed during grim months of economic decline.
Tuesday Jan 20 19:32 AEDT
20 Jan 2009George W Bush's US presidential finale includes a goodbye to Washington and a hello from fellow Texans.
Tuesday Jan 20 16:30 AEDT
20 Jan 2009Celebrities and advocates of renewable energy and conservation are celebrating the greening of the White House under Barack Obama.
Tuesday Jan 20 16:15 AEDT
20 Jan 2009Michelle Obama challenged the audience at a "Kids' Inaugural: We Are the Future" concert to serve their country.
Tuesday Jan 20 10:52 AEDT
20 Jan 2009The wife of Vice President-elect Joe Biden appeared to let slip to Oprah Winfrey that her husband had a pick of two jobs in the Obama administration.
Monday Jan 19 17:56 AEDT
19 Jan 2009Barack Obama is calling for a new spirit of sacrifice to overcome war and the economic crisis.
Monday Jan 19 13:26 AEDT
By Angela Brown | 19 Jan 2009For the first time in eight years, this one-stoplight town is getting back to normal.
Monday Jan 19 09:48 AEDT
19 Jan 2009US president-elect Barack Obama has called for a new spirit of national sacrifice to overcome war and economic crisis.
Monday Jan 19 08:24 AEDT
19 Jan 2009Barack Obama has attained extraordinarily high levels of public approval, according to opinion polls released on Sunday.
Monday Jan 19 06:43 AEDT
19 Jan 2009Barack Obama's team has vowed to hit the ground running on the recession-hit economy and Iraq as a concert kicked off a three-day inauguration party.
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