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January 31, 2005

President Bush welcomes his new Education Secretary to his Cabinet.

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Transcript: When I was the Governor of Texas she was the senior advisor for education; and at the White House she has been my senior domestic policy advisor. For more than ten years she's been right down the hall or by my side and now I look forward to having her take her seat in the Cabinet Room.

New Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings describes her background.

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Transcript: I stand here today as a product of the public schools. I'm also an education consumer—the first mother of school-aged children to serve as Secretary of Education. In carrying out my duties to the American people, I will be carrying out my duties as a mom. And there's none more important than to provide a quality education to our children.

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