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Clinton's Pitfalls
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Dialogue
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Analysis: What Will Clinton's Second Term Bring?
• Friday: Do We Have To Go Through With This?
By Charles Bierbauer
• Thursday: A "New Consensus" on Racial Equality?
By Farai Chideya
• Wednesday: Achieving The Illusion Of Control
By Jeffrey H. Birnbaum
• Tuesday: The Curse Of Peace And Prosperity
By Hugh Sidey
• Monday: Can Clinton Keep His Hold On The 'Vital Center'?
By Stu Rothenberg
Inaugural Addresses: Bartleby Library Archive, Columbia University
Clinton Calls For National Unity
As cannons shots echoed over the nation's Capitol, President Bill Clinton called for "a new government for a new century," challenging all Americans to embrace Martin Luther King's dream of a society based on equality.
Following an invocation from Rev. Billy Graham and a stirring rendition of "America The Beautiful" by opera great Jessye Norman, Clinton took the oath of office promptly at noon from Supreme Court Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist. Minutes before, Vice President Al Gore took his oath of office from Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
A Plea For Cooperation
Just in case President Bill Clinton and the Republican Congress didn't get the message on election day, the people attending inaugural events were more than happy to repeat it: "Get along!"
The 1997 Presidential Inauguration
TIME Online presents a multimedia look at the inauguration, the festivities on the Washington Mall, politics of the millenium, what the Republicans are up to, and the DNC doing QVC.
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A Kid's Eye View Of Inaugural Day
Staffers from Childrens Express, the news service staffed by youngsters 8 to 18, are in town covering the inauguration, too.