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Dispatches from Obama's train trip to the inauguration

Jan. 17, 2009
President-elect Barack Obama has been on a whistle-stop tour bound for Washington, where he'll take the oath of office on Tuesday to become the nation's 44th president.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch