President Obama in Words: State of the Union, Inauguration and Other Speeches

After being sworn in as the 44th president of the United States, Jan. 20, 2009, Barack Obama called upon the country to usher in a new "era of responsibility." The National Mall in Washington, D.C. was packed with an estimated 1.8 million people as President Obama announced, "Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and begin again the work of remaking America." (Wordle.net)