On January 20, 2009 Barack Obama will officially become the 44th President of the United States of America. Obama has broken a supposedly un-breakable barrier. He is the first African American President in U.S.A. On Capitol Hill he will take the following oath "I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of the President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States," As he utters the oath, history shall be made. Following his oath, there will be a 21 ring gun salute on Capitol Hill. We may not realize how much Obama becoming president will affect us right here. The decisions he makes about the economy, the war, etc. can change how we live. In Kenya, when Obama won the election, they had a national holiday. That’s how much it affects them. That’s how much it affects us.