Transcript: Obama Retakes Oath of Office

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January 21, 2009
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ROBERT SIEGEL
NPR All Things Considered
01-21-2009
Obama Retakes Oath of Office

Host: ROBERT SIEGEL
Time 8:00-9:00 PM

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ROBERT SIEGEL, host:

Today at the White House, a historic do over. At yesterday's inauguration, we witnessed two super high-powered Harvard Law graduates, the president and the chief justice, manage to muff the oath of office. First, there was the simple case of missed cues.

(Soundbite of swearing-in ceremony)

Chief Justice JOHN ROBERTS (Supreme Court of the United States): I, Barack Hussein Obama...

President-Elect Barack OBAMA: I, Barack...

Chief Justice ROBERTS: Do solemnly swear.

President-Elect OBAMA: I, Barack Hussein Obama, do solemnly swear.

SIEGEL: ...

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