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Biden, Harris to Take Office in New US Administration

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   Joe Biden will be the new U.S. president Wednesday, with Kamala Harris
   becoming the first woman to serve as vice president when the two are
   sworn in at noon in an inauguration that has been scaled down due to
   the coronavirus pandemic.

   Absent will be the typical crowd of hundreds of thousands of people
   stretching from the Capitol down the National Mall. In their place, a
   sea of 200,000 U.S., state and territorial flags representing those who
   could not attend.

   Ahead of taking office, Biden has expressed a message of unity, and in
   particular the need to come together and face thechallenges brought by
   the pandemic that has killed 400,000 people in the United Statesand
   caused economic hardship to many.

   "To heal, we must remember. It's hard sometimes to remember, but that's
   how we heal," Biden said Tuesday as he and Harris led a remembrance
   event in front of the Lincoln Memorial for those who have died. Some
   400 lights were illuminated around the Reflecting Pool.

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