My fellow CitiZe ns:I Stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the SaCrifiCeS borne by our anCeStors. I thank PreSident BUSh f or his SerViCe to our nation, as well as the generosity and co-operatiOnhe has shoWn throughout this tranSition.FOrty-four AmeriCans have now taken the PreSidentialoath.The wordshavebeen Spoken during rising tides of PrOSPerity and the still WaterS of peace. Yet, every so often the oath is taken ami
