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The threat seemed to weigh on Mr. Obama, too, writes Baker: "He cancelled a practice session to go over his inaugural address with aides at Blair House. David Axelrod, his senior adviser, later interpreted that as a sign that Mr. Obama was thinking about the suspected plot.
"He seemed more subdued than he had been," said Mr. Axelrod.
"Obama had not yet taken office, and he was already being confronted with the threat that consumed his predecessor's presidency," continues Mr. Baker. "No matter how much he thought about terrorism as a senator or as a presidential candidate, it was another thing to face it as the person responsible for the nation's security -- and quite another thing again to know the threat was aimed directly at himself, his wife and their two daughters."
"He seemed more subdued than he had been," said Mr. Axelrod.
"Obama had not yet taken office, and he was already being confronted with the threat that consumed his predecessor's presidency," continues Mr. Baker. "No matter how much he thought about terrorism as a senator or as a presidential candidate, it was another thing to face it as the person responsible for the nation's security -- and quite another thing again to know the threat was aimed directly at himself, his wife and their two daughters."