Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/obamas-day-two-brings-policy-changes-new-staff Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript President Barack Obama's second full day in office brought more policy decisions and staffing moves, including the naming of two diplomatic envoys for the Middle East and Afghanistan and Pakistan. Kwame Holman reports. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. JIM LEHRER: This was working day number two for President Obama, and most of his attention was devoted to matters of state and defense. NewsHour correspondent Kwame Holman has our report. KWAME HOLMAN: On the playground, it's called a do-over. The White House did its version last night, arranging to re-administer the presidential oath after Chief Justice John Roberts misstated the words of the oath at Tuesday's inauguration.The chief justice was at the White House to swear in President Obama again last evening, using the exact words specified in the Constitution. JOHN ROBERTS, Chief Justice, United States Supreme Court: So help you God?BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States: So help me God. JOHN ROBERTS: Congratulations, again. BARACK OBAMA: Thank you, sir. ROBERT GIBBS, White House Press Secretary: You know lawyers. They… KWAME HOLMAN: At his first news conference as presidential press secretary, Robert Gibbs said the oath was taken again on the advice of the White House counsel's office. ROBERT GIBBS: They did not believe that there was a problem. But out of an abundance of caution, to ensure that somebody didn't think there might ever be, that it was simply done again. KWAME HOLMAN: This morning, President Obama met with economic advisers to discuss the bad economy and his near-trillion-dollar stimulus proposal now being worked on by Congress. His spokesman said the economic meeting will be a daily occurrence, modeled on the president's intelligence briefing.Gibbs also revealed the president will be able to continue to e-mail on his favored BlackBerry and still meet security requirements and comply with the Presidential Records Act. ROBERT GIBBS: The president has a BlackBerry through a compromise that allows him to stay in touch with senior staff and a small group of personal friends in a way that use will be limited and that the security is enhanced to ensure his ability to communicate, but to do so effectively, and to do so in a way that is protected.