when was george w bush sworn in?
George W. Bush 2001 presidential inauguration
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 In his Inaugural Address , Bush said : 

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 Seven months after conclusion of his campaign , Biden was selected to be Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama 's vice presidential running mate . The pair won in the general election , and were sworn in on January 20 , 2009 . 

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 The congressional committee released the full schedule of the January 20 inaugural events on December 17 , 2008 . The inauguration schedule referred to the President ‑ elect as " Barack H. Obama " , although Obama specified previously that he intended to use his full name for his swearing @-@ in ceremony , including his middle name Hussein . Obama decided to use his full name " Barack Hussein Obama " to " follow the tradition , not trying to make a statement one way or the other " for the inaugural ceremony . During the election campaign , Obama 's detractors tried to use his middle name to imply falsely that he was a Muslim . 

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 Since leaving office , Bush has kept a relatively low profile though he has made public appearances , most notably after the release of his memoirs in 2010 and for the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks in 2011 . In March 2009 , he delivered his first post @-@ presidency speech in Calgary , Alberta , appeared via video on The Colbert Report during which he praised U.S. troops for earning a " special place in American history , " and attended the funeral of Senator Ted Kennedy . Bush made his debut as a motivational speaker on October 26 at the " Get Motivated " seminar in Dallas . In the aftermath of the Fort Hood shooting that took place on November 5 , 2009 , in Texas , the Bushes paid an undisclosed visit to the survivors and victims ' families the day following the shooting , having contacted the base commander requesting that the visit be private and not involve press coverage . 

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 Upon taking office in 2001 , Bush stated his opposition to the Kyoto Protocol , an amendment to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change which seeks to impose mandatory targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions , citing that the treaty exempted 80 percent of the world 's population and would have cost tens of billions of dollars per year . He also cited that the Senate had voted 95 – 0 in 1997 on a resolution expressing its disapproval of the protocol . 
