President Barack Obama

Martin Luther King Jr. Dept: WASHINGTON, according to The Chronicle Herald. Obama, whose public swearing-in ceremony is held on the King holiday on Monday at the Capitol building, took the oath of office in an intimate gathering in the elegant Blue Room of the White House and wASHINGTON U.S. President Barack Obama took the oath of office to begin his second term on Sunday, the eve of the national holiday devoted to Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the country s most revered civil rights leader. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.