FORWARD OPERATING BASE KALSU, IRAQ - JANUARY 20: US Army soldiers watch
Barack Obama sworn in as the 44th President of the United States of
America on January 20, 2009 in the dining hall of Forward Operating
Base Kalsu, south of Baghdad in Iraq. Obama is the first
African-American to be elected to the office of President in the
history of the U.S. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
--Michael Crowley