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Obama's Inauguration Ball
Barack Obama said his wife Michelle made him "a better man and better President" at the Commander in Chief's Inauguration Ball. Thousands of people gathered in Washington to see Obama publicly sworn in as US president for his second term.
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20 million viewers watch Obama's inauguration
20 million TV viewers watched Barack Obama’s second inauguration as US president.
No surprise that it was sharply down on four years ago, when 38 million tuned in.