Top Links: The second term of President Barack Obama has begun

Top story:What to expect today and for the next four years from President Obama’s second term.

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• The President’s second term technically began Sunday. (First Read)

• “President Obama will become the 1st 2-term president to have taken the oath of office 4 times” (Andrew Kaczynski)

• Lincoln, JFK and FDR aside: Inaugural speeches are rarely memorable. (The Fiscal Times)

• “I disagree with idea that “stakes are high” for Obama speech tmrw. They are quite low. People rarely care about inaugural speeches”(Ben White)

• President Obama may take a page from Eisenhower on his foreign policy goals for the next four years. (The New York Times)

• “Second-term presidents usually enjoy a post-election glow of up to eight months.” (The Washington Post)

• The biggest development for the inauguration? According to the president it’s the first lady’s new bangs. (Associated Press)

• But what’s an inaugural weekend without a Joe Biden gaffe? (The Atlantic Wire)