Inauguration - President-elect Obama to be sworn in using the Lincoln Bible

President-elect Obama to be sworn in using the Lincoln Bible

Library of Congress curator Clark W. Evans displays the Lincoln Bible during a photo-op at the Library of Congress in Washington on December 23, 2008. The Presidential Inaugural Committee announced today that President-elect Barack Obama will be sworn in using the same Bible that President Lincoln used. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)


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WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration festivities are to begin at the Lincoln Memorial, the Presidential Inaugural Committee said Saturday.
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