Obama took time out of his sweeping inaugural speech to single this issue out as important.

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But in his inaugural speech on Monday, President Obama highlighted equal pay as one of many important goals.

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In the midst of all of this there are signals, for example in his inaugural speech, that President Barack Obama intends to continue with a policy of non-intervention.

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President Barack Obama struck a conciliatory note toward Muslims around the world in his inaugural speech.

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While only Obama knows if he will scale back his speech from the 2, 395 words of four years ago, other inaugural staples are being reduced this time.

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