(CNN) -- Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the United States and the nation's first African-American president Tuesday. This is a transcript of his prepared speech.

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Click here to see images of the US National Mall just before Barack Obama took the oath of office on Tuesday, becoming the 44 th US president.

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Dating back to Barack Obama's inauguration in 2009, the former president and his wife Michelle Obama have shared some surprisingly funny and candid moments with Obama's predecessor George W. Bush and ...