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					<description><![CDATA[On this historic day it is still wonderful to be in London informally representing the country that has ushered in great change which will effect us on a global scale.  It is regrettable, however, to be so far from you who are celebrating&#8211;or at least witnessing&#8211;the changing of the guards.  Barack Hussein Obama was sworn [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span>On this historic day it is still wonderful to be in London informally representing the country that has ushered in great change which will effect us on a global scale.  It is regrettable, however, to be so far from you who are celebrating&#8211;or at least witnessing&#8211;the changing of the guards.  Barack Hussein Obama was sworn in today as the 44th President of the United States.  Forgive me for stating the obvious or if I seem overly dramatic; this blog entry is really for my children.</span></p>
<p><span>President Obama is our first African American president.  He has been compared to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr&#8230;. and Aretha Franklin sang at his inauguration.  He delivered a speech that may not be remembered as one overflowing with catchy phrases, but he genuinely seemed to address the nation and the world with a message of love, peace, and cooperation.  He expressed the enormity of the tasks that lay ahead for him as president, especially in the midst of a global economic recession.</span></p>
<p><span>I have hope that Obama really will reach across party lines to effect policy change that will more likely reflect the needs and wishes of more Americans.  I have hope that our foreign relations will vastly improve and that we will bring soldiers home.  More than anything, though, I hope that more Americans will pay attention.</span></p>
<p><span>I fully appreciate the commission of the poem <em>Praise song for the day</em>, written and recited by Elizabeth Alexander.  I was also moved by Jon Williamsâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> arrangement of Air and Simple Gifts as performed by cellist Yo Yo Ma, violinist Itzhak Perlman, Gabriela Montero and clarinetist Anthony McGill.</span></p>
<p><span>Perhaps the best Inauguration story is the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/16/obamas-daughter-on-inaugu_n_158476.html?page=4">one I saw on the news this morning</a> about Obamaâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />s evening visit to the Lincoln Memorial with his family.</span></p>
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<p><span>Whatever your views personal political views, I hope you too have hope for the future.</span></p>
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