<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>U.S. Presidential Inauguration: News &amp; Videos about U.S. Presidential Inauguration - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/U_S_Presidential_Inauguration</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about U.S. Presidential Inauguration from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:40:51 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>U.S. Presidential Inauguration: News &amp; Videos about U.S. Presidential Inauguration - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/U_S_Presidential_Inauguration</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about U.S. Presidential Inauguration from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Afghanistan's Karzai sworn in to 2nd term</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/19/afghanistan.karzai/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/19/afghanistan.karzai/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Amid intense international pressure for reform, Afghan President Hamid Karzai vowed to tackle corruption and drug-trafficking in a speech delivered at his inaugural ceremony Thursday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:32:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama urges students to work hard, stay in school</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/08/obama.school.speech/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/08/obama.school.speech/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>One of the most unexpected controversies of the Obama administration came to a head Tuesday as the president delivered a hotly debated back-to-school speech to students across the country.</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>In school speech, Obama says education key to country's future</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/07/obama.school.speech/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/07/obama.school.speech/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The White House released the text Monday of a controversial back-to-school speech to students from President Obama.</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama's message to kids - Stay in school</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/09/07/news/economy/obama_school_speech/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/09/07/news/economy/obama_school_speech/index.htm</guid><description>The White House on Monday released the text of a controversial back-to-school speech to students from President Barack Obama.</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Michael Jackson memorial draws crowds online</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/07/07/michael.jackson.web.traffic/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/07/07/michael.jackson.web.traffic/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>In death as in life, Michael Jackson continues to light up the Internet.</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:56:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>American al Qaeda member acknowledges Jewish ancestry</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/13/american.qaeda.message/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/13/american.qaeda.message/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>In a new anti-Israel, anti-U.S. video, an American al Qaeda member makes reference to his Jewish ancestry for the first time in an official al Qaeda message.</description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 19:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Smithsonian exhibit captures history of Obama inauguration</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/28/smithsonian.obama/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/28/smithsonian.obama/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>When you think about the Smithsonian, images come to mind of old documents, artifacts and other materials from years gone by. But an exhibit unveiled Tuesday hopes to put forth a snapshot of recent history in the making.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Poll: Expectations high for Obama's speech</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/24/obama.poll/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/24/obama.poll/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A national poll indicates most Americans think President Obama will give a good speech Tuesday night in his address to a joint session of Congress, but expectations are not as high as they were for his inaugural address.</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:28:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: A fitful night's sleep on a cot in the Capitol</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/30/chaffetz.freshman.start/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/30/chaffetz.freshman.start/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>I do something a bit different than most members of Congress. I sleep in my office on a cot. A few months ago, I was speaking with a current member of Congress and he said he slept in his office. Awesome!</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:56:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. celebrates as President Obama vows new era</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/20/obama.inauguration/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/20/obama.inauguration/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Barack Obama launched his presidency before an estimated 1.5 million people on the National Mall on Tuesday with somber yet confident tones, saying the country will overcome its serious economic and international challenges.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:09:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Officials admit big problems with inaugural crowding</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/23/inaugural.tunnel/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/23/inaugural.tunnel/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The U.S. senator in charge of the Congressional Inaugural Committee has acknowledged there were "significant problems" handling crowds that kept thousands of people with valid tickets from witnessing the inauguration of President Obama.</description><pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 02:14:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Online inauguration videos set records</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/01/21/inauguration.online.video/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/01/21/inauguration.online.video/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>With many workers stuck at their desks during the late-morning swearing-in of President Obama on Tuesday, more people than ever went online to watch live video of the historic inauguration.</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:13:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>WWII vet, grandson of slave: 'I'm speechless'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/21/grandson.of.slave/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/21/grandson.of.slave/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Alfred Bouey, an 84-year-old African-American, still remembers the stories from his grandfather about the scars on his body from the beatings he took as a slave in the South.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:50:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Comment: Hardship could not diminish history</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/21/mann.obama.inauguration/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/21/mann.obama.inauguration/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Washington D.C. will never be Rio de Janeiro but it came as close as it could yesterday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:28:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Press Review: World hails 'United States of Obama'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/21/obama.international.press.reaction/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/21/obama.international.press.reaction/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Newspaper front pages around the world were unanimous Wednesday in celebrating the momentousness of Barack Obama's inauguration as U.S. president.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:21:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Lindsay Schnell: Oregon State players feel close connection to historic inauguration</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/basketball/ncaa/01/21/robinson/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/basketball/ncaa/01/21/robinson/index.html</guid><description>CORVALLIS, Ore. -- Because his coach insisted that routine stay the same, Omari Johnson did not get to watch the inauguration of Barack Obama live Tuesday morning. Instead Johnson, a shooting guard for the Oregon State men's basketball team, went to practice.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:25:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Obama summons ghosts of American history</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/21/begala.obama/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/21/begala.obama/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sometimes pictures tell a story better than words. On Inauguration Day, we saw Barack Obama, strong and certain, striding purposefully into the presidency.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:27:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Grab a piece of Obama online</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/21/obama.merchandise/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/21/obama.merchandise/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The global economy is in the doldrums but the market for merchandise featuring the world's new mega-star shows no sign of tailing off.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>AM - Inauguration Blog</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/16/am.inauguration.blog/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/16/am.inauguration.blog/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The American Morning team was in DC for the historic inauguration. Get a behind-the-scenes look at the occasion on our AM Inauguration Blog!    Photos, text, and video that you can only find here!    Don't Miss: A Witness to History by Kiran Chetry</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:59:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Security tight, movement slow on Inauguration Day</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/20/inaugural.security/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/20/inaugural.security/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Hundreds of thousands of visitors to the National Mall crowded Metro stations around Washington on Tuesday, slowing movement to a crawl after the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:27:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Schneider: Tone of Obama speech right for the times</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/20/schneider.obama.speech/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/20/schneider.obama.speech/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>President Obama's inaugural address was cooler, more 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Obama's inauguration Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 06:33:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Special Ops: How to move a president in a few hours</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/19/obama.move/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/19/obama.move/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Comedian Mark Russell was at a recent event in Chicago, Illinois, when he found himself sitting next to Valerie Jarrett, an adviser to President-elect Barack Obama.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:58:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Inauguration price tag: $150 million</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/16/news/economy/inauguration_costs/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/16/news/economy/inauguration_costs/index.htm</guid><description>The total cost of the inauguration of the 44th President of the United States will likely top $150 million by the time the galas and streamers and porta-pots are all cleaned 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But local officials are worried they might get stuck with the check.</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:49:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Another first -- woman to give inaugural sermon</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/12/inauguration.sermon/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/12/inauguration.sermon/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Rev. 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</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20243283,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20243283,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>Oprah, Beyonc&amp;amp;#233; and Anne Hathaway are said to be going, so why not you?
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