Obama Rocks the Mall Crowd Stacked Deep for Concert

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WASHINGTON - Two days from the White House, President-elect Barack Obama joined a vast throng Sunday at a joyous pre- inauguration celebration staged among marble monuments to past heroes. "Anything is possible in America," declared the man who will confront economic crisis and two wars when he takes office.

"Despite the enormity of the task that lies ahead, I stand here today as hopeful as ever that the United States of America will endure - that it will prevail, that the dream of our founders will live on in our time," the president-elect said at the conclusion of a musical extravaganza that featured U2, Beyonce, Bruce Springsteen and a host of other stars.

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Obama Rocks the Mall Crowd Stacked Deep for Concert

Obama and his family held the seats of honor at the event, and a crowd of several hundred thousand people flanked the reflecting pool, filling the Mall past the World War II Memorial and back to the Washington Monument. They transformed a historical staging...

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