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Vice President Dick Cheney, right, administers the Senate oath to Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., accompanied by his wife Julia and two-year-old daughter Emily, during a re-enactment ceremonial swearing-in ceremony, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009, in the Old Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington. Emily, who was carried by her father, reached for her mother as he took the oath

Vice President Dick Cheney, right, administers the Senate oath to Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb., accompanied by his wife Stephanie, during a re-enactment ceremonial swearing-in ceremony, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009, in the Old Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Vice President Dick Cheney, right, administers the Senate oath to Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, accompanied by his wife Vicki, during a re-enactment ceremonial swearing-in ceremony, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009, in the Old Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington

Vice President Dick Cheney, right, administering the Senate oath to Vice President-elect, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., accompanied by his wife Jill, during a re-enactment ceremonial swearing-in ceremony, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009, in the Old Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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President George W. Bush speaks to leaders of the 111th Congress Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009, from the Oval Office of the White House during the traditional phone call to announce the start of the session. White House photo by Eric Draper

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

Cheney seems to have aged in the past 12 months.