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  • Brett Kavanaugh sworn in as 114th United States Supreme Court justice in private ceremony

    10/06/2018 3:30:31 PM PDT · by Anti-Bubba182 · 273 replies
    AP ^ | 10-6-18 | By LISA MASCARO and ALAN FRAM
    <p>WASHINGTON -- Brett Kavanaugh has been sworn in as the 114th Supreme Court justice in a private setting Saturday....</p>
  • Newly-elected Ga. official refuses Bible, takes oath of office on 'Autobiography of Malcolm X'

    06/07/2018 5:26:09 PM PDT · by blueyon · 37 replies
    TheWashingtonTimes ^ | 6/07/18 | Victor Morton
    One of the new council members in one of Georgia’s biggest cities picked Malcolm X over the Bible for her swearing-in. Mariah Parker was sworn in this week to represent District 2 on the Athens-Clarke County Commission and refused to take her oath of office on the Bible, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. “They asked if they would like the Bible and I said no. My mother asked if there was a copy of the Constitution around. No,” Ms. Parker told the AJC. “I wanted Malcolm’s book,” she said, referring to “The Autobiography of Malcolm X,” which, despite its title, was...
  • Pruitt sworn in as EPA chief

    02/17/2017 3:44:48 PM PST · by jazusamo · 25 replies
    The Hill ^ | February 17, 2017 | Timothy Cama
    © Screenshot Scott Pruitt was sworn into office late Friday as the 14th administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito administered the oath of office to Pruitt, the former attorney general of Oklahoma, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building adjacent to the White House. President Trump and Vice President Pence, who have sworn in most of the previous Cabinet officials, are both out of town. The swearing-in ceremony came hours after the Senate voted 52-46 , mostly along party lines, to confirm Pruitt, capping off a frequently contentious nomination process. Pruitt now leads the...
  • Obama to use 2 Bibles when he takes oath of office

    01/10/2013 1:29:47 PM PST · by dubyajam · 103 replies
    FOXNEWS ^ | January 10, 2013 | Associated Press
    President Obama is putting a symbolic twist on a time-honored tradition, taking the oath of office for his second term with his hand placed not on a single Bible, but two -- one owned by Martin Luther King Jr. and one by Abraham Lincoln.
  • New Palestinian cabinet set to be sworn in

    06/16/2007 9:34:35 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 9 replies · 366+ views
    AFP on Yahoo ^ | 6/16/07 | AFP
    RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) - Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas was set to install a new emergency cabinet in the West Bank on Sunday, further sealing a divide sparked by the seizure of the Gaza Strip by Islamists. Palestinian officials hope the appointment of the new cabinet without Hamas ministers will lead to the lifting of a crippling Western aid boycott, and Israel has already said it will recognise and work with the new Palestinian government. The appointment of a new cabinet comes amid a continuing power struggle, with Fatah fighters storming the parliament in the West Bank and ransacking dozens...
  • Schwarzenegger sworn in for second term

    01/05/2007 1:50:42 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 17 replies · 449+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 1/5/07 | Laura Kurtzman - ap
    SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Hobbling to his inauguration on crutches, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger promised Friday not to be beholden to a political party in his second term and declared that "centrist does not mean weak." Nursing a badly broken right leg, Schwarzenegger missed the first part of the program before coming out to deliver his speech. Centrist "does not mean watered down or warmed over," he said. "It means well-balanced and well-grounded." The Republican governor said his dismal year in 2005, when a clash with the state's public employees union cut his approval rating in half, had awakened him to a...
  • Schwarzenegger sworn in, calls for new era in US politics (a 'Third Way' pitch)

    01/05/2007 1:34:35 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 36 replies · 532+ views
    AFP on Yahoo ^ | 1/5/07 | AFP
    SACRAMENTO, United States (AFP) - A hobbling Arnold Schwarzenegger was sworn in as California governor here, nailing his colors firmly to the center-ground and calling for a new era of "post-partisan" US politics. Schwarzenegger, who broke his leg in a Christmas skiing accident, appeared on crutches for a glitzy inauguration ceremony at the Memorial Auditorium in Sacramento, California's administrative capital. "I will look to the future, I will look to the center. I will look to the dreams of the people," Schwarzenegger said in a speech that represented a thinly veiled critique of President George W. Bush's administration. The action-hero-turned-Republican-governor...
  • Harper is sworn in as prime minister (Canadian Conservative)

    02/06/2006 9:29:09 AM PST · by GMMAC · 60 replies · 1,071+ views
    CP via National Post ^ | Monday, February 06, 2006 | Staff
    Harper is sworn in as prime minister Canadian Press via National Post Monday, February 06, 2006 OTTAWA -- Stephen Harper, who was dismissed less than two years ago as unelectable, has been sworn in as the country's 22nd prime minister. Harper, clutching his personal Bible, was sworn in Monday by Alex Himelfarb, clerk of the Privy Council, as his wife Laureen and their two young childen, Ben and Rachel, watched proudly. Harper arrived at Rideau Hall less than an hour after Paul Martin resigned, marking the end of a troubled two-year tenure that saw the scandal-plagued Liberals humbled by...
  • Corrigan sworn in to California Supreme Court

    01/04/2006 5:22:48 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 2 replies · 370+ views
    ap on Bakersfield Californian ^ | 1/4/06 | David Kravets - ap
    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Appellate Judge Carol A. Corrigan, a former prosecutor, was sworn in Wednesday to the California Supreme Court after being confirmed to replace the most conservative justice on the state's highest court. Corrigan, 57, who sits on the 1st District Court of Appeal in San Francisco, is a former trial judge and Alameda County prosecutor who was elevated to the appeals court in 1994 by former Republican Gov. Pete Wilson after changing her voter registration from Democrat to Republican. Corrigan, who graduated from Hastings College of the Law in 1975, was unanimously approved by the Commission on...
  • Latortue Sworn in As New Haiti Leader

    03/12/2004 4:42:33 PM PST · by Nachum · 6 replies · 113+ views
    Yahoo News ^ | 3/12/2004 | IAN JAMES, Associated Press Writers
    PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Former Haitian exile Gerard Latortue was sworn in Friday as the country's prime minister, promising to united the country after months of bloodshed and political strife that led to the ouster of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Under heavy security, Latortue took the oath of office in front of a crowd of 200 people, saying he was happy to serve his country. "This is an occasion for hope for all Haitians," he said. "Together we will form a responsible government that respects its institutions, and I will see that every dollar given to development projects will be well spent."...