VIDEO NUGGET!
See Hillary's reception today at the State Department!
"President Obama moved swiftly on Wednesday to impose new rules on government transparency and ethics, using his first full day in office to freeze the salaries of his senior aides, mandate new limits on lobbyists and demand that the government disclose more information."
Obama Inaugurstion Got Unprecedented News Coverage from Reuters
"President Barack Obama's inauguration generated an unprecedented 35,000 stories in the world's major newspapers, television and radio broadcasts over the past day -- about 35 times more than the last presidential swearing-in -- a monitoring group said on Wednesday."
President Obama, We Are Proud of You from the Standard [of Kenya]
"A brilliant lawyer, social organiser, outstanding orator and an incredibly sensitive man, Obama dared to dream, braved America’s toughest political duel ever and emerged victorious."
The New American Feeling from Der Spiegel [in English]
"There are days in the history of a nation when it's not about reaching a major decision. Rather, it's about deeply felt emotion. Tuesday was such a day for the United States of America."
Obama Brings the Grownups Back to Washington (Margaret Carlson) from the Bloomberg News Service
"At its core, the speech was an invitation to grow up, fast. “Set aside childish things,” he lectured, as former President George W. Bush looked on. ... The permanent teacher, of stern demeanor and withering gaze, announced that there will be homework, no grading on a curve, and a change of curriculum."
Obama Has 'Reactivated American Magnetism' from Der Spiegel [in English]
"While Europeans are enthusiastic about the new president, this may not translate into sending more troops to Afghanistan. German newspapers nevertheless hope that Obama marks the dawn of a new age."
President Obama: The World's New Reference Point from the Daily Sun [of Nigeria in English]
"The manner of Obama’s emergence as president is such that for many years to come, the world will make copious reference to it."
Hope from Libération [of France in English]
"Not a fantastic and unrealistic rupture, but one that begins to reverse the blind course we have been on, of an economy without rules and aggressive corporatism."
Barack Obama: The Hand of History from The Scotsman [of the UK]
"ONLY a man who shines with hope could deliver such a difficult message and have it received with the awed rapture that fell upon the masses in Washington DC."
Europe's Scramble for Obama from the Guardian [of London]
"EU leaders will want to ingratiate themselves with the president – and they have cause to hope his response will be favourable."
The Day the World Thought Would Never Happen: Barack Obama takes oath as America's first black president from the Daily Mail [of London]
"History was being made up there on the hill and the atmosphere was so electrifying that it took your breath away. Beneath a great white dome built with the sweat and blood of black slaves, an African-American was being installed as the most powerful man on the planet, and among the watching millions some were overwhelmed with emotion."
Sweet Victory, This Promised Land from the Standard [of Kenya]
"Like other Kenyans, I was on the edge of my chair as the spellbinding footage of President Barack Obama’s inauguration dazzled on screen. The powerful emotions that swept through it, bore tribute to his acknowledgement of Kenya as the "land of his grandfathers". Secondly, as a student of black history and literature, I noted that the ceiling over the black man’s head was being shattered."
Japan Learns English From Obama Book from the Standard [of Kenya]
"An English-language textbook, The Speeches of Barack Obama, has sold more than 400,000 copies in two months, a big hit in a country where few hit novels sell more than a million copies a year"
Obama's West Wing: Can Reality Match the Liberal White House Fantasy from the Guardian [of London]
VERY COOL map of the office arrangement in Obama's West Wing of the White House.
Staff Finds White House in the Technological Dark Ages from the Washington Post
"If the Obama campaign represented a sleek, new iPhone kind of future, the first day of the Obama administration looked more like the rotary-dial past."
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