Inauguration day: President Barack Obama begins second term
Brandon Adamski and Alicia Burke keep warm in a blanket as they and others gather near the Capitol building on the National Mall on Jan. 21, 2013 in Washington, DC.
Barack Hussein Obama, the 44th president of the United States, on Monday begins his second term with the usual inaugural festivities.
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