Timeline – 2013 (SIADD)

=2009=

January 20

 * [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|25px|border|United States of America]][[Image:Flag of Washington, D.C..svg|25px|border|Washington, D.C.]] Washington, D.C., United States –  John McCain took the official oath for his second term on Sunday at the White House in a small, private ceremony with his family in the Blue Room on the White House's ceremonial main floor. McCain put his hand on a family Bible and recited the 35-word oath that was read out loud by U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts.


 * It was a low-key start to the U.S. president's second term, which is likely to be dominated - at least at the start - by budget fights with both Democrats and Republicans and attempts to reform gun control and health care.


 * McCain, 76, will be sworn in publicly on Monday outside the West Front of the Capitol overlooking the National Mall in front of as many as 500,000 people, a much bigger ceremony replete with a major address and a parade.


 * Sunday's ceremony, shown live on television, was needed because the U.S. Constitution mandates that the president take office on January 20. Planners opted to go with a private ceremony on the actual date and then hold the ceremonial inaugural activities the next day.

January 21

 * [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|25px|border|United States of America]][[Image:Flag of Washington, D.C..svg|25px|border|Washington, D.C.]] Washington, D.C., United States –  U.S. President John McCain took the oath of office for a second term in a ceremony at the U.S. Capitol on Monday.


 * McCain was formally sworn in at the White House on Sunday but he repeated the oath again - led by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts - at his largely symbolic public inauguration on Monday.

December
= See also =
 * Timeline
 * Step in a Different Direction