Donovan Slack on the Next Four Years of Pres. Obama

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Pres. Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, at the President's inauguration ceremony in 2008.

On Monday in Washington, D.C., Barack Obama will be sworn in for a second term as President of the United States.

A lot has changed since his first inaugural. In 2008, Obama was the first African-American to assume the highest office in the land. The country was also coming off eight years under Pres. George W. Bush, and the economy — and many US industries — seemed on the verge of collapse.

Donovan Slack joined Kara Miller to talk about Obama's first four years in office, and what lies ahead in a second term. Slack is a reporter for POLITICO, and has covered Pres. Obama, day in and day out, for the blog POLITICO 44.

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• Donovan Slack, POLITICO reporter and author of the blog POLITICO 44. She's a former White House correspondent for the Boston Globe.

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