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Obama’s inaugural address

Here’s the speech as prepared for delivery. Enjoy. Below, a word cloud of the most common words and phrases in Obama’s address:

By , a former managing editor of Foreign Policy.
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Here's the speech as prepared for delivery.

Here’s the speech as prepared for delivery.

Enjoy.

Below, a word cloud of the most common words and phrases in Obama’s address:

Blake Hounshell is a former managing editor of Foreign Policy.

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