WASHINGTON
U.S. President Barack Obama took public oath of office for the second term on Monday.
Obama placed his hand on two Bibles, one used by President Abraham Lincoln at his first inauguration and one used by the civil rights leader the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., in a public swearing-in ceremony.
Obama took his oath with a ceremony at Congress garden watched by hundreds of thousands of people after he was sworn in during a private ceremony on Sunday.
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts administered Obama's private swearing in on Sunday and the public ceremony on Monday.
