Outside the White House in Washington yesterday, workers constructed a viewing stand to be used at the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama in January.
(Karen Bleier/ AFP/ Getty Images)
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Outside the White House in Washington yesterday, workers constructed a viewing stand to be used at the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama in January.
(Karen Bleier/ AFP/ Getty Images)
CHICAGO - Winning might have been the easy part. For all the euphoria that filled this city and much of the nation when Senator Barack Obama won his historic victory on Tuesday, the president-elect now turns to confront a sobering array of challenges as daunting as any incoming leader has faced in decades. (Full article: 1107 words)
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