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Margaret Spellings Sworn In as Eighth U.S. Secretary of Education (January 31, 2005)
Margaret Spellings takes the oath of office, administered by White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card, as her family and President Bush look on.
Margaret Spellings takes the oath of office, administered by White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card, as her family and President Bush look on.


Margaret Spellings takes the oath of office, administered by White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card, as her family and President Bush look on. President Bush speaks at the swearing in of Margaret Spellings as Secretary of Education.
President Bush speaks at the swearing in of Margaret Spellings as Secretary of Education. Secretary Spellings speaks as President Bush listens during her swearing in ceremony at the U.S. Department of Education.
Secretary Spellings speaks as her daughters and President Bush listen during her swearing in ceremony. Margaret Spellings takes the oath of office as her husband, Robert Spellings, holds the Bible and President Bush looks on.
Secretary Spellings and President Bush shake hands. President Bush speaks at the swearing in ceremony for Margaret Spellings while she listens.
President Bush and Secretary Spellings shake hands. Secretary Spellings and President Bush at her swearing in ceremony.

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