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Washington National Guard members walk in formation away from the Legislative Building.
Around 150 to 200 National Guard troops deployed to Washington, DC, to provide security for President Joe Biden s inauguration have tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday, news agency ANI reported. Joe Biden was sworn in as US president in Washington, with around 25,000 troops deployed for the event. The ratio of coronavirus infected security guards is a small fraction of the more than 25,000 troops deployed in Washington DC on January 21.Â
The US President s inauguration took place two weeks after rioters loyal to former President Donald Trump besieged the Capitol.
Who is Amanda Gorman? All about youngest poet in US history at Joe Biden-Kamala Harris inauguration ceremony
22-year-old, Gorman, a Los Angeles resident, joined the ranks of previous inaugural poets Robert Frost, Maya Angelou, with a power-packed performance. Amanda Gorman , Reuters
Updated: Jan 21, 2021, 11:54 AM IST
Amanda Gorman, the youngest poet in US history to mark the transition of presidential power, offered a hopeful vision for a deeply divided country on Wednesday with her poem The Hill We Climb .
22-year-old, Gorman, a Los Angeles resident, joined the ranks of previous inaugural poets Robert Frost, Maya Angelou, and Elizabeth Alexander, with a powerful performance at the swearing-in of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
Joe Biden sworn in as 46th President of the United States, delivers message of unity
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Kamala Devi Harris, the first woman, African-American and Indian-American to become U.S. Vice-President, was sworn in by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor the first Latina in the U.S. top court.
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President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris greet each other after the inauguration ceremony on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2021.
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Kamala Devi Harris, the first woman, African-American and Indian-American to become U.S. Vice-President, was sworn in by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor the first Latina in the U.S. top court.