Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi waFebruary 10, 2007, Obama akazivisa kukwikwidza kwake kuti ave Mutungamiriri weUnited States pamberi peChivako cheOld State Capitol muSpringfield, Illinois. Kusarudzwa kwenzvimbo yokuzivisa kwacho kwaionekwa sokwokufananidzira nemhaka yokuti ndikowo uko Abraham Lincoln akapa hurukuro yake yenhau yaiti "House Divided"
kutaura muna 1858. Obama akasimbisa nhau dzokupedza nokukurumidza Hondo yeIraq, kuwedzera kuzvimiririra mune zvemagetsi, uye kugadzirisa hurongwa hwokutarisira utano, mumushandirapamwe wairatidza nyaya dzetariro uye kuchinja.