Washington : US President George W Bush called up Barack Obama Tuesday night to congratulate him on being elected as the first African-American president of the country, the White House said.
Obama will be inaugurated January 20, 2009 in Washington.
US Senator Hillary Clinton called the election of Democratic nominee Barack Obama as US president "an historic victory for the American people."
The wife of former president Bill Clinton, Senator Clinton narrowly lost the centre-left Democratic Party's presidential nomination to Obama before endorsing the Illinois senator.
"This was a long and hard fought campaign but the result was well worth the wait," Clinton said.
"Together, under the leadership of President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and a Democratic Congress, we will chart a better course to build a new economy and rebuild our leadership in the world."
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