CBS Evening News - 2009-01-21
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[0:01] tonight taking on everything from the
[0:03] economic crisis to the wars in Iraq and
[0:05] Afghanistan Barack Obama gets down to
[0:08] work as president and commanderin-chief
[0:10] I'm Katie kurick also tonight the battle
[0:13] to get his cabinet filled Hillary
[0:15] Clinton finally gets confirmed as
[0:17] Secretary of State but treasury
[0:20] secretary designate gner runs into more
[0:22] flak over his failure to pay
[0:25] taxes Hamas is digging new tunnels many
[0:28] to smuggle weapons in from
[0:30] Egypt and its Mission tuition the
[0:34] unusual thing some students are doing to
[0:36] earn college
[0:42] scholarships this is the CBS Evening
[0:45] News with Katie
[0:48] kurk and good evening everyone after the
[0:51] ceremonies and celebrations of
[0:53] inauguration day President Obama got
[0:55] down to the difficult business of
[0:56] running the country today his agenda
[0:58] included meetings with economic and
[1:00] Military advisers about the financial
[1:02] crisis and the wars swearing in senior
[1:05] staffers then freezing the pay of any of
[1:07] them making six figures and tomorrow
[1:09] another busy day will include issuing an
[1:11] executive order to close the prison at
[1:14] Guantanamo within a year also getting to
[1:17] work today covering the new president
[1:18] our chief White House correspondent chip
[1:20] Reed and Chip Barack Obama is certainly
[1:22] not easing into this job oh no he's not
[1:26] Katie he said he was going to hit the
[1:27] ground running and he was true to his
[1:29] work he spent the day racing through a
[1:32] jam-packed schedule of meetings and
[1:34] events on everything from the economy to
[1:36] the war in Iraq to peace in the Middle
[1:39] East President Barack Obama walked into
[1:42] the