Senator Roland Burris (D-IL) (L) shakes hands with with US Vice President Dick Cheney after a re-enactment of his swearing in to occupy the senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama, at the US Capitol in Washington, January 15, 2009
Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., and his family look up to a photographer in the balcony of the Old Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009, after a mock swearing ceremony after an official swearing-in on the floor of the Senate. Vice President Dick Cheney is at right.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, listens to United Arab Emirates Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan, right, before signing an agreement on peaceful uses of nuclear energy at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan.. 15, 2009.
United Arab Emirates Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan, left, and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, right, sign an agreement on peaceful uses of nuclear energy at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, right, shakes hands with United Arab Emirates Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan, left, after a signing an agreement on peaceful uses of nuclear energy at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009.