Image: President Bush departs

U.S. President Barack Obama waves alongside his wife Michelle, and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (R) and his wife Jill (2nd R), as the presidential helicopter carrying former U.S. president George W. Bush and his wife Laura, leave the U.S. Capitol after Obama was sworn in as the 44th U.S. President in Washington, January 20, 2009. Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. REUTERS/Saul Loeb/Pool (UNITED STATES)