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In a commencement ceremony address to Morehouse College yesterday in Atlanta, President Obama made a joke at his wife Michelle's expense.

There is a great tendency both here and abroad to concentrate on the entertaining features of American politics:

In a joint interview with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama, Clinton reveals that Obama knew all along that expectations were set too high for him when he first came into office:

"What did he promise you [in order to accept the secretary of state job? And has he kept the promises?" Kroft asked Clinton, seated in front of Obama.

"It was going to be hard. But, you know--"

"And i kept that promise," said Obama.

Four years ago today, on January 22, 2009, President Barack Obama signed "EXECUTIVE ORDER -- REVIEW AND DISPOSITION OF INDIVIDUALS DETAINED AT THE GUANTÁNAMO BAY NAVAL BASE AND CLOSURE OF DETENTION FACILITIES." In particular, the executive order stated:

Barack Obama was sworn in today as president for the second time. The small ceremony took place in the White House's Blue Room:

After, President Obama turned to kiss his wife Michelle Obama.

"Good job, daddy," Obama's daughter said.

The president responded, "I did it."

The Houston Chronicle reports:

In an interview with the Huffington Post, MSNBC president Phil Griffin tries to push back against the notion that his channel has become a mouth-piece for President Barack Obama.

Republicans never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.  In 2010, they failed to win the Senate when it was theirs for the taking. Now they’ve lost the White House to President Obama, despite his poor record and the likelihood things won’t get any better in his second term.  And they failed again to capture the Senate, though a takeover was initially thought to be a cinch.

The good thing about the presidential debates is that they give us a clear idea of where each candidate wants to take the country.

A new ad from American Crossroads, with a James Bond theme: 

"American Crossroads today released a new James Bond-styled web video, 'Quantum of Easing,' describing how Obama’s economic policies, along with those of the Fed, are weakening the American economy," a spokesman for the group says in a press release.

The San Diego Union-Tribune, the 3rd-largest paper in California, offers a scathing, point-by-point indictment of President Obama's presidency—focusing particularly on Obamacare—and asks whether we've ever had a worse president.  The Union-Tribune writes of Obama:

Peter Robinson interviews former President George W. Bush for this week's edition of Uncommon Knowledge:

Bush says that, now that he's out of the spotlight, he feels liberated and that he seeks to live as anonymously as a former president can.