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Obama sworn in as America's first black president
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-01-21 01:31

Members of the joint honor cordon carry weapons at port arms as they get ready at the US Capitol for the 56th Presidential Inauguration to begin in Washington, January 20, 2009. More than 5,000 men and women in uniform are providing military ceremonial support to the presidential inauguration, a tradition dating back to George Washington's 1789 inauguration. [Agencies]