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Slideshow: The Inauguration

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President-elect Barack Obama
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama speaks in the North Waiting Room of the 30th Street train station in Philadelphia this morning. Obama is embarking on the final leg of his journey to the White House when he travels to Washington by train.
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President-elect Barack Obama
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama speaks in the North Waiting Room of the 30th Street train station in Philadelphia this morning. Obama is embarking on the final leg of his journey to the White House when he travels to Washington by train.
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People take photographs as President-elect Barack Obama's motorcade drives past near the White House on January 18, 2009 in Washington, DC.
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Obama money
A passerby purchases President Elect Barack Obama money from a street vender January 18, 2009 in Washington, D.C.
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