8:35 a.m. Obama enters the Oval Office for the first time as chief executive. Alone only briefly, he reads a note left to him by former President Bush.
8:45 a.m. White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel enters the Oval Office to brief the president on the day's proceedings.
9:10 a.m. First Lady Michelle Obama joins the president in the Oval Office.
9:25 a.m. The Obamas walk to the presidential limousine, on the White House's south side.
9:36 a.m. The presidential motorcade arrives at Washington National Cathedral for a prayer service.
10 a.m. Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, enter the cathedral, with the president and first lady directly behind them. The four sit in the first row with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and former President Clinton.
10:16 a.m. As the cathedral organ and choir perform the national anthem, Obama places his right hand over his heart and sings with the congregation.
11:17 a.m. Service at the cathedral ends after the Obamas, Bidens and Clintons join the congregation in singing "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands."
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11:27 a.m. The presidential motorcade leaves National Cathedral.
11:36 a.m. The motorcade arrives back at the White House.
1:18 p.m. Obama addresses staff members and Cabinet secretaries in Room 450 of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.
1:26-1:31 p.m. The president signs two executive orders and three presidential memorandums. Biden administers oaths for White House senior staffers.
2:30 p.m. Obama attends a White House open house. The president and first lady shake hands with the 200 guests in the Blue Room, which faces the Washington Monument.
3:15-3:45 p.m. Obama meets with economic advisors in a closed meeting in the Roosevelt Room.
4:15 p.m.-5:15 p.m. Obama meets with military commanders on Iraq in a closed meeting in the Situation Room.
7:35 p.m. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. re-administers the oath of office to Obama, at the White House. On Inauguration Day, Roberts -- and Obama repeating him -- had said the words of the oath slightly out of order. To make certain the oath met the constitutional requirement, they redid it. Both got it right this time.
8:30 p.m. Obama attends a party for White House staffers.
With no intent to mar the occasion, but the WHOLE world in his feels a bit much .. lol .. again ..
Atlas was the son of Iapetus. Unlike his brothers Prometheus and Epimetheus, Atlas fought with the other Titans, supporting Cronus against Zeus. Due to Cronus's advance age, Atlas led the Titan's in battle. As a result, he was singled out by Zeus for a special punishment and was forced to hold up the world on his back."
Czech interim government likely to replace prime minister during EU term 01.04.09 13:15
Rival Czech parties agreed to form jointly an interim government that is likely to replace acting Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek's cabinet at the helm of the European Union, reported dpa.
The interim government of experts, which would not be led by Topolanek, should take over in several weeks, local reports said Wednesday citing party leaders.
Topolanek said after the meeting that his outgoing cabinet would stay in "through the whole of April," the Czech news agency CTK reported.
The Czech Republic presides over the European Union until June 30. Topolanek's centre-right government has ruled as a caretaker since stepping down on March 26, following a lost vote of confidence two days earlier.
In a late meeting on Tuesday, leaders of the three parties in Topolanek's outgoing coalition and chief opposition Social Democrats agreed that the interim cabinet would rule until a new government is sworn in as a result of early elections.
Social Democratic leader Jiri Paroubek told Czech Television that the leaders would reach a deal on the next premier by the week's end.
The government parties - Topolanek's Civic Democrats, Christian Democrats, the Greens - and Paroubek's Social Democrats are to split nominations for interim cabinet's ministries.
Topolanek and his bitter foe Paroubek settled on holding the snap elections in mid- October, a compromise between Topolanek's wish to rush to the polls and Paroubek's intention to delay them. The regular general elections were planned for mid-2010.
The deal is a concession on Topolanek's part. The acting premier initially insisted on completing his term in EU's chair and taking the country to the snap polls.
But he also indicated that he would prefer making a deal with the Social Democrats, who ousted him from power over domestic squabbles, to a cabinet imposed on the political parties by another enemy, President Vaclav Klaus.
"Political realism triumphed," Paroubek said in the television interview.
Klaus is to appoint the new premier. He said he would authorize whomever secures an absolute majority of 101 votes in the 200-seat lower house, a condition that required a deal between Topolanek and Paroubek.
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