Pastor Rick Warren will give the invocation at the presidential inauguration for Barack Obama. While Warren has a close relationship with Obama, the president-elect will be the first president since Harry Truman to not have a close relationship with evangelist Billy Graham. Graham’s son Franklin told Christianity Today that his father is praying for Obama, and would like to meet him, but will not have a direct role in spiritually advising the president. This has led to speculation that Warren will take on that role.