Mr Karzai made some of the right noises in his inauguration speech, though the specific are yet to come.

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Obama has spoken out about the challenges confronting public education, most notably in his inauguration speech and most recently in his address before Congress.

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South Korea's new foreign minister, Yun Byung-se, said in his inauguration speech Monday that despite the "very grave" situation on the peninsula he hoped relations would improve with the North.

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Nothing epitomizes more this spirit than the speech delivered by Rafael Correa in his inauguration ceremony.

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