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Prez will be sworn in as Barack 'Hussein' Obama

Barack Obama says he would not deviate from the tradition and be sworn in as US president using his full name, including his middle name Hussein.

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CHICAGO: Barack Obama says he would not deviate from the tradition and be sworn in as US president using his full name, including his middle name Hussein.
    
During the campaign for the November 4 Presidential polls, Obama's detractors often invoked his middle name, Hussein, in an attempt to falsely paint him as a Muslim.
    
Obama, a lifelong Christian, is not perturbed.
    
"I think the tradition is that they use all three names, and I will follow the tradition," he said.
    
"I'm not trying to make a statement one way or another. I'll do what everybody else does," he was quoted as saying in an interview to Chicago Tribune.
    
He also said that his presidency would provide a chance for him to improve America's image in the world, especially in the Muslim countries.
    
"I think we've got a unique opportunity to reboot America's image around the world and also in the Muslim world in particular," he said.
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