Washington, Nov 7 (IANS) The best is yet to come, a triumphant Barack Obama said after winning a second term as US president and thanked "every American" that participated in the hard fought election.
Acknowledging the greeting of thousands of cheering supporters in Chicago, Obama, who defeated Republican Mitt Romney to get a second term in the White House, said: "We know in our hearts that for the United States of America, the best is yet to come."
He congratulated Romney and his running mate Paul Ryan on a "hard fought campaign".
"We may have battled fiercely," Obama said, "but only because we love this country deeply... because we care about its futureObama, 51, the first African American president of the US and a powerful orator, said in his victory speech that he looked forward to taking to Romney in the weeks ahead to take the country forward.
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