In an 18-minute speech, Obama paid tribute to the vast cultural, demographic and political changes that twice helped sweep him into office. Full coverage of the 2013 inauguration ...

President Barack Obama delivered his second inaugural speech today. Host Michel Martin explores how his words may have resonated with Americans —those who voted for him and those who didn't ...

President Obama's inaugural address is weighted with expectation and promise. By ABC News. January 20, 2009, 2:27 PM. Jan. 20, 2009— -- Barack Obama has now inherited the burdens of the ...

This is the text of President Obama’s speech at the ceremonial swearing-in for his second inauguration on Monday, Jan. 21, 2013. Remarks were distributed by the White House.

President Obama's inauguration speech on Monday, Jan. 21, touched upon a number of heavy-hitting topics, including gender equality, gay marriage, guns, immigration, ...

Tuesday at 10 a.m., staff writer Hector Tobar and I will do a live video chat about President Obama's presidential inauguration from a literary point of view.

Obama quoted Abraham Lincoln’s second Inaugural, but, in a subtle way, transfigured that, too. In 1865, Lincoln said, Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may ...

January 21, 2013 • Though wrung of much of the drama of his historic first inauguration, President Obama's efficient, specific and, at times, soaring address outshone his first with allusions to ...

The 57th presidential inauguration — Barack Obama's second — has been sealed into history, and we'll no doubt remember President Obama's powerful speech, which seems to have gone over well.

President Obama delivered his second inaugural address Monday. Below, a word cloud showcases the top 100 words in Obama's speech, with "must" and "people" taking the top spots.

Home; business; Obama's Inauguration: Good Speech, Great Imagery. The bar was so high that it was a given that some people would be disappointed in President Obama's inaugural address.