He was Abraham Lincoln, who would take office as president in March.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

Not everyone celebrated when Mihai Ghimpu became the first politician of Moldova's four-party ruling coalition to take office, as parliament speaker: All members of the Communist Party in parliament boycotted the vote and walked out of the legislature.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

The coroner's office says results from its toxicology tests could take up to six weeks.

VOA: standard.2009.06.29

We have to take ownership over people that we have put in office."

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

The president's top political aide says President Obama has had to take unpopular action to deal with an economic crisis far worse than anyone expected when he took office.

VOA: standard.2010.01.24

"As I've said from the day I took office, it's going to take months, even years, to dig our way out - and it's going to require an all-hands-on-deck effort."

VOA: standard.2010.07.03