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The White House
January 21, 2009
Statement from White House Counsel
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release January 21, 2009
The following is a statement from White House Counsel Greg Craig.
"We believe that the oath of office was administered effectively and that the President was sworn in appropriately yesterday. But the oath appears in the Constitution itself. And out of an abundance of caution, because there was one word out of sequence, Chief Justice Roberts administered the oath a second time."
THE WHITE HOUSE, January 21, 2009.
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release January 21, 2009
The following is a statement from White House Counsel Greg Craig.
"We believe that the oath of office was administered effectively and that the President was sworn in appropriately yesterday. But the oath appears in the Constitution itself. And out of an abundance of caution, because there was one word out of sequence, Chief Justice Roberts administered the oath a second time."
THE WHITE HOUSE, January 21, 2009.