Live Coverage of the 2013 Presidential Inauguration on HPPR

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President Obama will be sworn into office for a second term on Monday morning, January 21, 2013.  High Plains Public Radio will broadcast special coverage of this event, starting at 10:06 central time.

The 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution says that a presidents term begins on January 20.  Since that date falls on a Sunday, President Obama will make the oath of office twice, on the day designated by law, and again on Monday as is traditional.  

Coverage on HPPR:
(all times are central time and an approximation)

• 10:06   Musical Selections: The U.S. Marine Band
• 10:30   Call to Order and Welcoming Remarks by Democratic Senator Charles Schumer  of New York
• 10:34   Invocation:  Myrlie Evers-Williams, Mississippi-born journalist and civil rights activist
• 10:38   Musical Selections:  Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir
• 10:46   Oath of Office Administered to Vice President Joe Biden by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor
• 10:50    Musical Selection: James Taylor
• 10:55     Oath of Office Administered to President Obama by Chief Justice John Robert
• 11:00     Inaugural Address: President Obama
• 11:21      Musical Selection: Kelly Clarkson
• 11:26     Poem: Richard Blanco
• 11:30     Benediction: Rev. Luis Leon
• 11:34     The National Anthem: Beyonce
• 12:00     Return to regular broadcast schedule