WASHINGTON – Promising to "restore the vital trust between the people and their government," Barrack Obama was today inaugurated as president.

Obama said Americans must choose "hope over fear" as the country deals with the difficult conditions at home and abroad.

"With hope and virtue, let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may come. Let it be said by our children's children that when we were tested we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back nor did we falter; and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God's grace upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future generations," he said.