(CNN) -- Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the United States and the nation's first African-American president Tuesday. This is a transcript of his prepared speech.

Bill Clinton, born Aug. 19, 1946, served as the Democratic governor of Arkansas before moving into the White House in 1993.

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