Obama Takes the Oath a Second Time

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From White House counsel Greg Craig:

“We believe that the oath of office was administered effectively and that the President was sworn in appropriately yesterday. But the oath appears in the Constitution itself. And out of an abundance of caution, because there was one word out of sequence, Chief Justice Roberts administered the oath a second time.”

According to the pool report, Roberts re-administered the oath to Obama in the map room at 7:35 p.m.

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