Politics & Government
Ellie Davis, 14, of Oakland, California, stays fashionably warm with her new, knit cap of President-elect Barack Obama while touring the city the day before Obama is sworn in as the 44th president at the 56th inauguration in Washington D.C., Monday, January 19, 2009. (Corey Lowenstein/Raleigh News & Observer/MCT)
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Friends gathering in Washington D.C. from the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority (left to right) Berna Greer, of Houston, Texas, Deborah Hill Burroughs, of Oklahoma City Oklahoma, Shirley Flournoy, of Los Angeles, California, and Vanessa Rogers Long, of Clarksdale, Mississippi, review their newly purchased inaugural programs the day before Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th president, Monday, January 19, 2009. (Corey Lowenstein/Raleigh News & Observer/MCT)
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Nikki Lipscomb of Chester, Virginia, takes a souvenir self-portrait of herself with a cardboard cutout of President-elect Barack Obama outside a gift shop along Pennsylvania Avenue, Monday, January 19, 2009, in Washington, D.C. (Tom Gralish/Philadelphia Inquirer/MCT)
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Ron, "The Button Man" has his photo snapped by Brooke Carthon, 10 of Atlanta, Georgia, Monday, January 19, 2009 in Washington, D.C. (Chuck Liddy/Raleigh News & Observer/MCT)
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Trusten Haase, 4, right,and his brother Justus Haase, 7, both of Kennesaw, Georgia, have traveled with their parents to be a part of the 56th President Inauguration of Barack Obama and stand outside a secured area in front of the White House in Washington, D.C. (Gabriel B. Tate/MCT)
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Portable toilets line the sidewalk near the parade route for the inauguration parade of Barack Obama, Monday, January 19, 2009. (Chuck Liddy/Raleigh News & Observer/MCT)
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Visitors seek to secure their part of Barack Obama memorabilia Monday, January 19, 2009, a day before the the 56th President Inauguration near the White House in Washington, D.C. (Gabriel B. Tate/MCT)
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Rows of empty chairs wait to be filled, Monday, January 19, 2009, as work continues in preparation for tomorrow's inauguration of President Barack Obama. (Brian Baer/Sacramento Bee/MCT)
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Carpet layers work to put down the blue carpet in the swearing-in area on the west wide of the Capitol, Monday, January 19, 2009 in Washington, D.C. (Michael Bryant/Philadelphia Inquirer/MCT)
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Crowds gather along the National Mall Monday, January 19, 2009 in Washington, D.C., in preparation for tomorrow's inauguration ceremony. President-elect Barack Obama will take the oath of office as the 44th President on Tuesday. (Chuck Kennedy/MCT)
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Protesters standing in Lafayette Park, near the White House Monday, January 19, 2009, look to draw attention on Martin Luther King Day, to the detainees at the Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp. (Gabriel B. Tate/MCT)
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Protesters from Code Pink and other groups hope to send a parting shot to the Bush administration by throwing their shoes, on Monday, January 19, 2009, a day before the the 56th Presidential Inaugural near the White House in Washington D.C. (Gabriel B. Tate/MCT)
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Jana Bonds, of Gary, Indiana, takes a photo of the U.S. Capitol during preparations for tomorrow's inauguration of President Barack Obama, Monday, January 19, 2009. (Brian Baer/Sacramento Bee/MCT)
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