Obama Retakes Oath

President Barack Obama has taken the oath of office for a second time after stumbling over the words when originally sworn-in as president.

Obama raises his hand as Chief Justice Roberts administers the oath a second time

In a highly unusual move, Mr Obama took the oath in the Map Room of the White House, the day after his inauguration as the nation's first African-American president.
Chief Justice John Roberts, who first administered the oath to Obama on Tuesday on the steps of the US Capitol, again performed the ceremony - this time with no bible and in front of only a handful of staff and journalists.

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But the oath appears in the Constitution itself. And out of an abundance of caution, because there was one word out of sequence,

Chief Justice Roberts

administered the oath a second time."
The reporters present said Mr Obama was sitting on a couch and joked: "We decided it was so much fun ..."
He then stood and walked over to make small talk with the journalists as Justice Roberts donned his black robes.
"Are you ready to take the oath?" Roberts asked.
"I am, and we're going to do it very slowly," Obama replied.
After a flawless recitation, which took 25 seconds, Roberts smiled and said, "congratulations - again."ay)," said White House legal advisor Greg Craig.