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Old January 24, 2009, 03:37 PM
Dien Rice Dien Rice is offline
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Default Re: Did anyone else notice...

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Originally Posted by Sandi Bowman View Post
Neither time when Barak Obama took the oath of office did he say United States of America. I always thought we were the USA...translated as United States of America. The way it was said it could be any 'United States' anywhere in the world. What gives?
Hi Sandi,

You're quite perceptive!

Like Bozo said, to my understanding the oath Obama took was the standard one that all Presidents take.

Here's a possibly-helpful link...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oath_of...nited_Stat es

Best wishes,

Dien
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