Tuesday, January 20, 2009

The Day



Three images from the New York Times from Inauguration Day: Barack and Michelle Obama walking for part of the parade route; the Inaugural platform; a wide version of the oath. Hours after the many Inaugural balls end early Wednesday morning, President Obama will be at work. Already he has requested that all prosecutions of prisoners at Guantanamo be halted pending a review of the tribunal system, and there is likely to be big news before this time Wednesday night. It was a day that comes once in a generation, at most, and this one in some ways was the culmination of the entire history of the U.S. But things are going to start happening--big, and fast. You ain't seen nothing yet.

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