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Obama sworn in as 44th President in Washington
With his family by his side, Joe Biden is sworn in as the vice president of the United States by U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul Stevens in Washington on January 20, 2009. (UPI Photo/Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo/U.S. Air Force)

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Flags-In Ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery
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Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Roskos with the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, "The Old Guard," participates in the annual Flags-In ceremony, May 23, 2013, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Soldiers place American flags in front of more than 260,000 gravestones in the cemetery in honor of Memorial Day. UPI/Kevin Dietsch