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WASHINGTON (Reuters) Joe Biden was sworn in as president of the United States on Wednesday, offering a message of unity and restoration to a deeply divided country reeling from a battered economy and a raging coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 400,000 Americans.
Standing on the steps of the U.S. Capitol two weeks after a mob of then-President Donald Trump s supporters stormed the building, Biden called for a return to civic decency in an inaugural address marking the end of Trump s tempestuous four-year term. To overcome these challenges, to restore the soul and secure the future of America, requires so much more than words. It requires the most elusive of all things in a democracy: unity, Biden, a Democrat, said after taking the oath of office.
WASHINGTON/PRINCETON, New Jersey (Jan 20): Joe Biden arrived at the US Capitol on Wednesday morning for his presidential inauguration, ready to take over a country battered by the coronavirus pandemic and to put an end to a tumultuous four years under President Donald Trump. Democrat Biden, 78, will become the oldest US president in history at a scaled-back ceremony in Washington that has been largely stripped of its usual pomp and circumstance, due both to the coronavirus and security concerns, following the Jan 6 assault on the US Capitol by Trump supporters.
Joe Biden sworn in as 46th President of United States of America - With only a small number of attendees present, Biden took the oath of office before US Chief Justice John Roberts just after noon.