Meeting current challenges is not going to be easy: Obama

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Meeting current challenges is not going to be easy: Obama

2009-01-19 11:48:00

Barack Obama

Washington: US President-elect Barack Obama forewarned Americans of the tough days ahead and said that meeting the challenges being faced by United States, specially the economic crisis, is not going to be easy.

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Addressing a mammoth crowd, who braving severe cold gathered for the star-studded inaugural celebration at the historic Lincoln Memorial yesterday, Obama listed out major challenges being faced by the US.

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Country's top musical stars including Bruce Springsteen, Shakira, Garth Brooks, Bono and Stevie Wonder enthralled the audience with their inspirational performances. The future First Family was seated in a secure enclosure enjoying the music.

"I won't pretend that meeting any one of these challenges will be easy. It will take more than a month or a year, and it will likely take many. Along the way, there will be setbacks and false starts and days that test our resolve as a nation," Obama said.

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Addressing the cheering crowd, Obama said in the course of US history, only a handful of generations have been asked to confront challenges as serious as the ones being faced right now.

"Our nation is at war. Our economy is in crisis. Millions of Americans are losing their jobs and their homes. They're worried about how they'll afford college for their kids or pay the stack of bills on their kitchen table," he said.