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(AP) - At precisely 12:01 p.m. EST, the White House
Web site, the online bastion of the Bush administration for the
past eight years, was updated to reflect President Barack Obama's
assumption of office.

      "The White House. President Barack Obama," reads the top of
the new home page, which went live even before Obama finished
delivering his first speech. "Welcome to the new WhiteHouse.gov.
Change has come to America."


      Apart from the formal portrait of Obama, other features of the
site have been redesigned, although it contains many of the same
features and similar historical information as its predecessor.


      The new site says it "will be a central part of President
Obama's pledge to make his the most transparent and accountable
administration in American history."


      The first blog post to the site, written by Macon Phillips,
director of new media for the White House, promises video and slide
shows of inauguration events, the Obamas' move into the
presidential residence and the new president's first days in
office.


      Almost as quickly, the State Department's Web site got a
makeover on Tuesday, with a photo of Secretary of State-designate
Hillary Rodham Clinton at her Senate confirmation hearing, along
with a transcript of her remarks there, replacing Condoleezza
Rice's picture.


      Clinton has not yet been confirmed, but the revamped homepage
includes her new motto for the agency: "Diplomacy in Action."
      

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At the same moment Barack Obama became the nation's next president, the White House's Web site was updated to reflect the change. "The White House. President Barack Obama," reads the top of the new home page. "Welcome to the new WhiteHouse.gov. Change has come to America."

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