Obama to arrive in Washington by train

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama will kick off his inaugural celebration Jan. 17 -- the weekend before his swearing in as the country's 44th president -- by traveling on a train to the nation's capital.

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