1.0 link 151732 <![CDATA[Obama Calls For Inauguration Day Of Service]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/17/obama-calls-for-inaugurat_n_151732.html Barack Obama is calling for a national day of service to take place on Jan. 19, the federal holiday for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday and the day preceding Mr. Obama's inauguration as president.

Mr. Obama and Joseph R. Biden Jr. are planning to roll up their sleeves themselves that day and perform some as-yet-unspecified service work in Washington, D.C.

The Presidential Inaugural Committee is putting the wheels for the project in motion with calls and e-mails to national...

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