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WASHINGTON – President Obama was re-administered the oath of office on Wednesday evening by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., one day after the two men stumbled over each other’s words during the inauguration.

The president and the chief justice stood in the Map Room of the White House at 7:35 p.m. as they took a second run at the constitutional oath. A handful of advisers watched the proceeding, which lasted about 25 seconds.

“Are you ready to take the oath?” Mr. Roberts said.

“I am,” Mr. Obama replied. “And we’re going to do it very slowly.”

Gregory Craig, the White House counsel, said he believes the oath was “administered effectively and that the president was sworn in appropriately.” But out of caution and to ward off any speculation that he wasn’t properly sworn in, aides decided on Wednesday afternoon to give the oath another try.

“The oath appears in the Constitution itself,” Mr. Craig said in a statement. “And out of an abundance of caution, because there was one word out of sequence, Chief Justice Roberts administered the oath a second time.”thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com