The goal Barack Obama set months and months ago when he decided to seek one of Illinois' two U.S. Senate seats became reality yesterday when he was sworn in as the most watched member of the freshman class of the 2005 U.S. Congress.
Vice President Dick Cheney administered the oath on the floor of Congress as many friends, family and well-wishers from Chicago and the state beamed with pride.
Obama became the country's sole Black senator and only the fifth in history as he raised his right hand and was sworn in along with 33 other senators elected in November. Family members, including his grand-mother and brother, traveled from as far as Kenya to witness the …
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