It was actually Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts that screwed up the oath...
Here is the oath, as spelled out in Article II, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution:
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"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
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Listen to what Roberts said:
First, he talked over Obama, so that Obama had to repeat the first line, and then Roberts incorrectly stated:
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that I will execute the office of President TO the United States faithfully
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You can see Obama pause in the video, momentarily flustered, because as a Professor of Constitutional Law for many years, I'm sure that he realized that Roberts slipped up. I'm sure he didn't want to interrupt to point out to the Chief Justice that he had flubbed the oath.
There were other mistakes by Roberts as well, but by that time, I'm sure both men just wanted to get though with it.
If he needs to take the oath of office again, I'm sure he will - Constitutional crisis settled, now let Obama get busy with his Cabinet to solve the major problems created and leftover by the Bush Administration.
ADG