President Barack Obama on Sunday was officially sworn in for a second term in a private ceremony lasting just a few minutes at the White House.
Chief Justice John Roberts delivered the oath of office in the White House Blue Room just before noon—the time on Jan. 20 by which the president must be sworn in as directed by the U.S. Constitution.
Because Jan. 20 fell on a Sunday this year, the official swearing-in was held in private with pooled press coverage and will be re-administered in public Monday at the U.S. Capitol.
First lady Michelle Obama held a family Bible—a gift from her late father to her mother—on which the president took the oath Sunday. Obama added "so help me God" at the end of the oath as has been customary.
Twelve family members, including the president's sisters Auma Obama and Maya Soetoro-Ng and the first lady's mother and brother, sat in the audience to witness the ceremony, according to the White House pool report.
Daughters Sasha and Malia stood with their parents.
"Good job, daddy," Sasha said to her father following the oath.
"I did it," he responded, as they embraced.
But Sasha had one more thing to add.
"You didn't mess up," she said. The president smiled.
There were no missteps this time around.
At the public swearing-in at the Capitol in 2009, the president and Roberts had an awkward exchange in which Roberts appeared to misplace the word “faithfully” during the oath. Roberts later re-adminstered the oath in private to quell any doubts about the authenticity of the swearing-in.
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