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Barack Obama began the final steps on his improbable journey to the presidency today, attending a church service near the White House a few hours before he takes the oath of office as the nation's 44th president.
The countdown to Obama's oath-taking shortly before noon came as Americans gathered in Washington in record numbers for the inauguration, braving midwinter cold and heavy security to witness an event -- the swearing-in of the nation's first African American president -- that for many marked a dramatic break with the past and the dawn of a new sense of possibility.
In his much-anticipated inaugural address, Obama will stress the need for "a new era of responsibility" as he lays out the challenges ahead, aides said. He plans to sketch out a broad vision for the coming years in domestic policy, while urging rejection of the "false choice" between security and American ideals when it comes to foreign policy.
Making their first public appearance of the day, Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, emerged from their temporary residence at Blair House at 8:47 a.m. Eastern time and stepped into a black armored limousine for the two-minute drive to St. John's Episcopal Church, where Vice President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. and his wife, Jill Biden, awaited them. The Obamas were running about 15 minutes behind schedule.
About an hour after arriving for the traditional pre-inauguration church service, the new first couple and the Bidens were driven across Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House for a meeting over coffee with President Bush, Vice President Cheney and congressional leaders. Upon alighting at the North Portico, the Obamas were met by Bush and first lady Laura Bush. Michelle Obama, wearing a bright yellow dress and matching long coat, handed a gift-wrapped box to Laura Bush, and the couples chatted for a moment before entering the White House on a red carpet between saluting guards.
Cheney, who is using a wheelchair after injuring his back moving boxes, did not appear at the entrance to greet his successor.
Beginning well before dawn, people streamed onto the Mall between the Capitol and the Lincoln Memorial to claim their places for the historic occasion.
They came from the District, the surrounding region and from across the country to watch Obama place his right hand on Abraham Lincoln's Bible and swear to uphold the Constitution -- 148 years after his historical hero and fellow Illinois political leader embarked on a mission to preserve the Union and end slavery.
"All my ancestors who gave their blood, sweat and tears made this day possible," said District resident Janice Leek, 54, as she huddled against the cold on the Mall with her daughter and a friend from Detroit. "This is an amazing day."
Today's transfer of power writes an end to Bush's eight-year tenure, a tumultuous period that has bequeathed the incoming administration two wars, record budget deficits, unprecedented national debt and the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.
Obama takes the oath of office under the tightest security for an official event in the city's history, with a large swath of downtown Washington closed to vehicular traffic. About 28,000 law enforcement and military personnel have been deployed in and around Washington to provide protection for the oath-taking and the massive throng gathered on the Mall and along the inaugural parade route to see history in the making.
The security force is more than 50 percent larger than the contingent assembled four years ago for Bush's second inauguration.
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