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David Lapan, Panetta said during the brief oath-taking ceremony in his new office, "There is no higher responsibility for a secretary of defense than to protect those who are protecting America."
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Fitzpatrick told the Bucks County Courier Times, which was present when he and Sessions were meeting with supporters during the swearing-in, that their televised "oath-taking" was an impromptu one.
Votes of GOP lawmakers who missed swearing-in ruled invalid Felicia Sonmez 2011
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/Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters A Nepalese army officer walked past an honor guard waiting in front of the presidential palace for the oath-taking ceremony of newly elected Prime Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Asia in Pictures 2011
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It will also mark the first time the oath-taking ceremony will be open to television cameras in the court's history.
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“Is it the matter of the statute you object to, or the form of the oath, or the business of oath-taking in itself?”
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“Is it the matter of the statute you object to, or the form of the oath, or the business of oath-taking in itself?”
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About 500,000 people attended Aquino's oath-taking in Manila, police said.
Digest 2010
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Six clansmen, all in tearing high spirits at the prospect of the oath-taking and brimming over with a fierce MacKenzie pride.
Sick Cycle Carousel 2010
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I remembered that little scene in the corridor on the night of the oath-taking, though he had not referred to it since by word or gesture.
Sick Cycle Carousel 2010
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About 500,000 people attended Aquino's oath-taking in Manila, police said.
Digest 2010
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