Updated : Tuesday January 20 , 2009 9:02:17 PM
WASHINGTON: US president-elect Barack Obama with outgoing President George W Bush has reached the Capitol Hill for his historic swearing-in that will give him the status of 44th, but the first black, President of the United States of America.Earlier, the US president-elect Barack Obama reached White House Tuesday barely two hours before his swearing-in, and have a brief, symbolic goodbye coffee hosted by outgoing President George W. Bush.Obamas and Joe and Jill Biden separately arrived at the White House to have coffee with President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and their wives. President Bush and first lady Lara Bush greeted the two couples.Earlier on Tuesday, Obama and his family attended a private service at St. John's Episcopal Church, a tradition for those about to become president. The family of Vice President-elect Joe Biden also attended.Barack and Michelle Obama waved to bystanders, then entered the church to applause from about 200 people. The choir and congregation began singing the hymn, "O God Our Help in Ages Past."
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