US has chosen hope over fear says new President Obama

President Barack Obama invoked the struggle and sacrifice of America’s pioneers today as he vowed to meet the challenges that now face him.

Shortly after being sworn in as the first black president of the United States, Mr Obama said that in his election, America had chosen “hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord”.

But he acknowledged that the country was in “the midst of crisis”, with a weakened economy and at war “against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred”.