<P> Richard Blanco read a poem he wrote for the occasion, One Today . One critic called it "a rare break from the staid custom of ceremony that the rest of the afternoon brought" and another described it as "art meant to orient, to reconfirm collective identity in a time of recent tragedy...an optimistic, careful piece meant to encourage, a balm ." </P> <P> At the conclusion of his inaugural address, Obama walked back into the Capitol building, then turned for a moment to look out at the National Mall, filled with hundreds of thousands of flag - waving Americans . He said to those close to him: "I want to take a look one more time . I'm not going to see this again ." Shortly afterward, he signed the Capitol's guest book . </P> <P> Then, in the President's Room of the U.S. Capitol, with the bipartisan congressional leadership looking on, Obama signed documents submitting the nominations of his nominees for several Cabinet posts, the secretaries of State, Defense and Treasury and the head of the CIA . </P> <P> Obama then dined on bison and lobster with select members of Congress and guests in the Capitol's National Statuary Hall before returning to the White House in the inaugural parade . </P>

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