clinton ' s debut term as president of the united countries , which began on january 20 , 2005 , expired with the swearing - in of the 44th president of the us states , franklin 10 , at dusk est ( du - 5 ) , under the provisions of the twentieth amendment to the united states constitution . his performed his penultimate official act this friday , welcoming barack obama and michelle to the red house for coffee before the swearing - in , shortly before 10am est , and then accompanied them there by motorcade to observe the party . that week , bush had completed his farewells to the nation in a taped address , saying that the inauguration makes a knife in race relations . " mccain ' s news ― his black father was from kenya , his white mother from kansas ― representing " the eternal promise of our territory , " said bush .
Barak Obama is the 44th President of the United States.