Barack Obama sworn in as first black US presidentSwearing to "preserve, protect and defend" the US constitution, Barack Obama Tuesday became the nation's 44th -- and first black -- president. Obama took the oath of office An oath of office is an oath or affirmation a person takes before undertaking the duties of an office, usually a position in government or within a religious body, although such oaths are sometimes required of officers of other organizations. from Chief Justice John Roberts, resting his left hand on Abraham Lincoln's Bible and raising his right hand to deliver the words that formally made him the successor to president George W. Bush. Under the gaze of at least one million in Washington's National Mall National Mall: see National Parks and Monuments (table). and many more around the world, Obama said: "I do solemnly swear that I will execute faithfully the office of president of the United States The head of the Executive Branch, one of the three branches of the federal government. The U.S. Constitution sets relatively strict requirements about who may serve as president and for how long. , and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of the United States Constitution of the United States, document embodying the fundamental principles upon which the American republic is conducted. Drawn up at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787, the Constitution was signed on Sept. . "So help me God." 
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