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Barack Obama’s inaugural speech and George Washington's inaugural speech, have many similarities and differences. Both of them had some in things in common to say. Obama’s was more in depth than Washington's, understandably so, because Washington, was the first to ever give an inaugural speech, and he did not have any guidelines to work from, from other presidents, because there weren't any others. Washington focused mostly on how he will take the people’s advice, and how he believes god will be with him. Let me go more into detail. First and foremost, Barack Obama is the 44th president of the United States and was inaugurated in Washington DC, January 20th, 2009. Obama mostly based his speech on what he will do for

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