Opinion

The day in photos

January 22, 2009 at 9:22PM
US Army Command Sgt. Maj. Julia Kelley, left, of the 229th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, weeps as she watches the inauguration of US President Barack Obama at Camp Liberty in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. "We have a new commander in chief," exclaimed Command Sgt. Maj. Julia Kelley, 47, of Billings, Montana. "It was an awesome feeling, due to the change. And it's always a change when we get a new commander in chief." Across Iraq, many of
U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Julia Kelley, left, of the 229th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, weeps as she watches the inauguration of President Barack Obama at Camp Liberty in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. (Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Just when you think you've caught your breath and vented about all the patriotic awe you can muster, somebody gives you a link to some extremely cool Inauguration photos and you turn to Jell-O again. Every one of these pictures is a stunner, especially the ones from such exotic locations as Nairobi, Kabul and ... um ... Bloomington, Minn.

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