英ガーディアン紙の Michael Tomasky さんが本日のオバマ大統領就任演説について語っています。
Guardian America editor Michael Tomasky explains what inauguration is really about
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/michaeltomasky/video/2009/jan/20/obama-inauguration-speech-washington-tomasky
More prose than poetry means: it's time to get down to work.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/michaeltomasky/2009/jan/20/obama-inauguration-speech
ＢＢＣのウェブサイトでは様々な人達がオバマ大統領にメッセージを寄せています。
Notes to Obama: Maya Angelou
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/world_news_america/7838941.stm
Obama inauguration: today's timetable
Inauguration ceremonies begin in Washington at 10am (3pm GMT) on the steps of the Capitol building, and are scheduled to happen in the following order. Special guests include heroes and heroines of the civil rights movement.
• Musical selections: the United States Marine Band, followed by the San Francisco Boys Chorus and the San Francisco Girls Chorus.
• Call to order and welcoming remarks by Senator Dianne Feinstein.
• Invocation by the evangelical pastor Rick Warren.
• Musical selection of Aretha Franklin.
• 11.30am: The vice-president-elect, Joe Biden, is sworn into office by the supreme court justice, John Paul Stevens.
• Musical selection by the composer John Williams with Itzhak Perlman (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Gabriela Montero (piano) and Anthony McGill (clarinet).
• 12pm: President-elect Barack Obama takes the oath of office, using Abraham Lincoln's inaugural Bible, administered by the supreme court chief justice, John Roberts.
• President Barack Obama gives his inaugural address.
• The reading of a poem by Elizabeth Alexander.
• Benediction by the Reverend Dr Joseph E Lowery.
• The national anthem performed by the US navy band Sea Chanters.
• 12.40pm: President Obama escorts the former president George Bush and former vice-president Dick Cheney to their point of departure by helicopter, behind the Capitol building.
• 1pm: Obama has lunch with Congressional leaders.
• 1.25pm: Bush speaks at Andrew's air force base in Maryland before leaving for Texas.
• 2pm: Obama leads a parade from Congress down Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House. Obama will watch the parade from a bullet-proof viewing stand between Lafayette Park and the White House.
• 7.20pm: Obama attends 10 inaugural balls.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/20/obama-inauguration-timetable
