Barack Obama: Intimate Ceremony

Associated Press Barack Obama Dept: WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Barack Obama took the oath of office Sunday to begin his second term in a small and intimate ceremony that stood in marked contrast to the heady, hopeful sense of celebration that punctuated the start to his historic presidency four years ago, according to Winnipeg Free Press. The oath was administered by John Roberts, chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, who famously flubbed the oath four years ago when he swore in the country's first African-American president. There were no such hitches on Sunday and charles Dharapak / The Associated Press Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, sneak a kiss during an inaugural reception on Sunday. CP Obama, whose public swearing-in ceremony will be held today at the Capitol building, took the oath of office in the grand Blue Room of the White House, his hand on a family Bible held by his wife, Michelle, as the couple's two daughters looked on. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.