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The '''Obama inauguration''' signals the conclusion of the Bush administration by the swearing-in ceremony of president-elect [[Barack Hussein Obama]], and [[Joe Biden|Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr.]] as Vice President, on Tuesday January 20th, 2009 at 12:00 p.m. EST. The price tag for the festivities could approach the most expensive ever at $160 million. Carole Florman, spokeswoman for the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies says it's "not a lot of money in the scheme of planning an event for 240,000 people" and "We're always very budget conscious, but we're sending a message to the entire world about our peaceful transition of power, and you don't want it to look like a [[schlock]] affair. It needs to be appropriate to the magnitude of events that it is." <ref>[http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2009/01/13/2009-01-13_obamas_inauguration_is_most_expensive_ev.html Obama's inauguration is most expensive ever at $160 million] NY Daily News, January 14th 2009</ref> At least 2 million people are expected to travel to [[Washington D.C.]] for the swearing-in.

The '''Obama inauguration''' signals the conclusion of the Bush administration by the swearing-in ceremony of president-elect [[Barack Hussein Obama]], and [[Joe Biden|Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr.]] as Vice President, on Tuesday January 20th, 2009 at 12:00 p.m. EST and 1.8 million people came to watch it, the largest crowd ever assembled for a presidential inaguration since Lyndon B. Johnson's inauguration speech in 1965.<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/21/AR2009012103884.html</>/13/2009-01-13_obamas_inauguration_is_most_expensive_ev.html Obama's inauguration is most expensive ever at $160 million] NY Daily News, January 14th 2009</ref> At least 2 million people are expected to travel to [[Washington D.C.]] for the swearing-in.

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