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Obama's Last Day

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Barack Obama stands behind his desk in the Oval Office for the last time as president on January 21, 2017. In his hands is a letter for President-elect Donald J. Trump, who was about to be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States.

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It is a tradition for presidents who are leaving office to write letters to their successors offering advice and well wishes. Obama urged the incoming president to guard democratic institutions and traditions, and "sustain the international order." "This is a unique office, without a clear blueprint for success, so I don't know that any advice from me will be particularly helpful," Obama wrote in the letter. "Still, let me offer a few reflections from the past 8 years." The letter was written in longhand on White House stationery and left in the top drawer of the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office.

When George W. Bush left the Oval Office, he wrote to Mr. Obama: "There will be trying moments. The critics will rage. Your 'friends' will disappoint you. But, you will have an Almighty God to comfort you, a family who loves you, and a country that is pulling for you, including me."

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