President Obama takes the oath of office for his 2nd term... he'll be the 44th President. Check out social media coverage of the oath, the speech, the crowds, the celebrities and the balls.
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All presidential vehicles bear the same license plate number so would-be attackers can't identify the president's limo by it.
RT @TheFix: The most important paragraph of President Obama's second inaugural speech. http://ow.ly/h08c9
Minority Leader Pelosi announces gift to each Luncheon guest: photo of US Capitol still under construction at start of Civil War and book.
Speaker Boehner presents Pres. Obama and VP Biden with US Flags that flew over US Capitol today.
Terrific photo from @NYTimes lets you zoom in platform dignataries at today's Inaugural Ceremony: http://nyti.ms/WbfPTc
RT @CBSPolitics: Obama's post-inauguration lunch menu http://cbsn.ws/10ioD8i
Inaugural Twitter peak of 27,795 as Pres Obama says "we cannot mistake absolutism for principle."
Twitter volume during first presidential debate last year was 10.3-million, compared to 1.1-million for today's Inaugural.
As he signs the documents, Pres Obama jokes that he knows the nominations will be handled by the Senate "with great dispatch."
With Congressional Leaders looking on, Pres Obama signs proclamation and four nominations to the Senate (CIA, Defense, State, Treasury).
Dignataries now departing the Inaugural Platform heading inside the Capitol for a signing ceremony followed by lunch in Statuary Hall.
