Associate Justice Clarence Thomas swore in Vice President Mike Pence.
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Pelosi then swore in the other members of the House.
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On Monday, the city swore in an African-American police chief.
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Lam, a chief executive whom he swore in two years ago.
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After an interlude of song from the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, John Roberts, the Chief Justice, swore in the new President, and got the words right—he hadn't in 2009, the first time he swore in Obama.
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I swore in London I wasn't coming back and this is final.
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Inside, Rousseff swore in Lula da Silva as her chief off staff.
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On Presidents' Day, administration officials swore in more than 20,000 new citizens.
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A Transworld employee swore in an affidavit that the tally was correct.
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Italy swore in a euroskeptic government that has worried the financial markets.
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On Monday the Pennsylvania House of Representatives swore in its first Muslim woman.
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First, Italy swore in a euroskeptic government that has worried the financial markets.
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The president swore in a former strongman leader, Mahinda Rajapaksa, as prime minister.
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She swore in the affidavit that all three were the same person – her.
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The woman swore in frustration and tried again… but her phone had locked up.
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The Court's Chief Justice quickly swore in Ali Bongo, making him president until 2023.
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When was the last time you counted every time you swore in a week?
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Vice President Mike Pence then swore in Mattis and Kelly in a separate ceremony.
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But they forced their way in and swore in Guaido as Venezuela's interim president.
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Associate Justice Clarence Thomas swore in Vice President Mike Pence before Trump was sworn in.
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In December, the City of Hanahan swore in Jake as its official fire department mascot.
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Vietnam swore in a new prime minister on Thursday and a new president last week.
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Finally, he crossed Mr. Clinton, who swore in Mr. de Blasio at the 2014 ceremony.
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On Saturday, he swore in former presidential opponent Nuno Nabiam as his new prime minister.
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Just last year, the country swore in Varadkar as its first openly gay prime minister.
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Also disqualified was Edward Yiu, who swore in his oath to "fight for genuine universal suffrage".
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He withdrew his party from the ruling coalition, dismissed Mr Wickremesinghe and swore in a replacement.
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Lam sworn in Earlier, Xi swore in Carrie Lam as Hong Kong's first female Chief Executive.
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No, that was just Joe Biden, hamming it up as he swore in the new senators.
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Vice President Mike Pence swore in Pompeo, a Kansas congressman, after the vote at the White House.
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Vice President Biden swore in the freshmen, as well as 27 senators who won reelection in November.
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Borowicz's prayer drew increased scrutiny because it took place right after the House swore in state Rep.
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M. -- WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE: President Trump this morning swore in retired four-star Marine Corps Gen.
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It swore in its first openly LGBTQ fire chief last year, Jeanine Nicholson, a breast cancer survivor.
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Parliament swore in some 10 new ministers on Thursday and six others were moved to head other ministries.
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WATTERS: Despite objections from the left, President Trump swore in the first female CIA Director this week, Gina Haspel.
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The day after its opening parliament defiantly swore in the three MUD deputies, restoring the opposition's two-thirds majority.
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Washington (CNN)Attorney General Jeff Sessions swore in Chris Wray as the new Director of the FBI Wednesday afternoon.
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True, Ms. Merkel, like every chancellor before her, swore in her oath of office to protect the German people.
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Last week, Italy swore in a euroskeptic, anti-immigrant government, and a pro-Europe government in Spain suddenly collapsed.
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His hand shaking slightly as he held a sheet of paper, Roberts then swore in the senators as jurors.
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News of Scaramucci's removal came hours after Trump swore in a new chief of staff, retired General John Kelly.
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Earlier this month, Ethiopia swore in a new prime minister after Hailemariam Desalegn quit to clear the way for reforms.
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Venture capitalists swore in the new year the only way they know how… by submitting SEC paperwork for new funds!
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Vice President Pence swore in both nominees and lauded their abilities to serve the U.S. government in the coming years.
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There was a time when I swore in front of my friends and said grace in front of my grandmother.
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The reshuffling occurred as Saudi King Salman swore in new officials to replace those arrested in the sweeping anti-corruption probe.
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Trump just revealed two new executive actions in the Hall of Heroes after VP Pence swore in Defense Secretary Jim Mattis.
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President Trump praised the "patriots of the C.I.A." as he swore in Gina Haspel, above left, as the agency's next director.
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Seen in the Oval Office for a final time just before Trump swore in his Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin at 8 p.m.
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After Vizcarra moved to dissolve the body on Monday, the opposition-controlled legislature swore in Vice President Mercedes Araoz as interim president.
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MJ NEVER ONCE SWORE IN MY PRESENCE, NEVER TOUCHED ME INAPPROPRIATELY, 22019& NEVER EVER SUGGESTED WE SHOULD BE LOVERS IN ANY WAY!
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The university, in Washington DC, recently swore in its first AKA sorority member and its first female African-American student government president.
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He then swore in a new prime minister: Mahinda Rajapaksa, a popular former president who has been accused of human rights abuses.
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"President Maduro swore in this illegitimate Constituent Assembly to further entrench his dictatorship," U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement.
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Cramer says America just swore in its first pure business president, Donald Trump—and it now marks a brave new world for investors.
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President Maithripala Sirisena sacked Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and swore in ex-president Mahinda Rajapaksa to replace him, plunging the country into turmoil.
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JAKARTA, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Indonesia's parliament swore in a new speaker on Monday after his predecessor was forced to resign amid corruption allegations.
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"President John Magufuli today appointed and swore in Diwani Athuman Msuya as director general of national intelligence," the presidency said in a statement.
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Vice President Mike Pence swore in both generals in his ceremonial office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, across from the West Wing.
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On the other side of the Capitol, things were a little more subdued, as Mr. Pence swore in more than 30 new senators.
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Washington (CNN)Vice President Joe Biden fulfilled his duty Tuesday as president of the Senate when he swore in senators for the 115th Congress.
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After House Speaker Paul Ryan officially swore in the 115th Congress Tuesday, he began an hours-long photo op with members and their families.
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Jim Cramer says America just swore in its first pure business president, Donald Trump—and it now marks a brave new world for investors.
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The new lawmakers also seemed poised for another showdown after they swore in three lawmakers whose elections had been blocked by the Supreme Court.
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Calling Mr. Wickremesinghe corrupt, Mr. Sirisena swore in Mr. Rajapaksa as prime minister and then dissolved Parliament when lawmakers denounced the move as unconstitutional.
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The president, Klaus Iohannis, swore in the new cabinet and urged its members to strengthen the country's judiciary and shore up its foreign relations.
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Joseph Dunford, who took the role of chairman in 2015, swore in Milley during a ceremony at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Virginia.
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Earlier this month, Venezuela's ruling Socialist Party seized control of the National Assembly and swore in an allied politician who defected from Guaido's camp.
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It was quite a Moment when the anti-LGBTQ+ Mike Pence swore in Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona as the country's first bisexual senator on Thursday.
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Somalia swore in nearly 300 members of parliament last month and they are due to pick the president but that vote has repeatedly been postponed.
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The St. Paul Police Department, in Minnesota, is one of the few that permits the hijab, and recently swore in its first hijab-wearing officer.
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On Thursday, the Senate formally opened the impeachment trial of President Trump as Chief Justice John Roberts swore in the body's 22020 members as jurors.
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After Roberts swore in the senators, each present member of the chamber came forward and signed the oath book on the floor of the Senate.
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Vice President Pence swore in the new surgeon general, Jerome Adams, who was previously appointed by Pence in 85033 to serve as Indiana's health commissioner.
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In a ceremony in the capital Colombo on Thursday, Gotabaya swore in his brother as their respective wives, sons and daughters-in-law looked on.
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On Wednesday, Vice President Mike Pence swore in Doug Jones as Alabama's newest U.S. senator after his surprise victory last month over controversial candidate Roy Moore.
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Underscoring his pledge to protect the undocumented, Brown swore in Xavier Becerra as the state's new attorney general, a former congressman and son of Mexican immigrants.
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Vice Presiden Pence on Tuesday swore in David Shulkin to lead the Department of Veterans affairs and Linda McMahon as head of the Small Business Administration.
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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito swore in Pompeo last week in a private setting before he left for his first foreign trip as secretary of State.
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That potential responsibility would now fall to Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, whom Buhari swore in as acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) following his suspension of Onnoghen.
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Czech President Milos Zeman swore in a minority government Wednesday led by new Prime Minister Andrej Babis, an anti-establishment billionaire branded the Czech Donald Trump.
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All night long, the gears of delivery trucks ground at the traffic light on the corner; four floors down, strangers muttered and swore in the darkness.
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In response, opposition lawmakers fielded their own choice for the presidency, Mercedes Aráoz, the vice president, whom they swore in as the interim leader that night.
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James P. O'Neill, the New York City police commissioner, thanked the officers in attendance before Eric Gonzalez, the Brooklyn district attorney, swore in the contest judges.
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Malaysia swore in a new prime minister on Sunday after last week's resignation by the outspoken Mahathir, 94, after a power battle in his coalition government.
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - King Willem-Alexander on Thursday swore in a new Dutch government under conservative Prime Minister Mark Rutte, ending the longest coalition talks in Dutch history.
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Seeing as we swore in a new president today, you may be wondering what will happen to this M&M obsession now that Trump is in office.
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Mr. Sirisena swore in as prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, a popular former president who was accused of human rights abuses and corruption during a decade in power.
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"I'm not going to shield anyone," Maduro said in a speech on Nov 28, as he swore in a general who replaced Del Pino as oil minister.
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President Maithripala Sirisena on Friday fired Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and swore in Mahinda Rajapaksa, who ruled the country from 2005 to 2015 before being defeated by Sirisena.
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Duda swore in all five of those judges, but the Constitutional Tribunal has refused to accept them, as their very election violates the tribunal's own December 3 ruling.
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Judge Dinkins of the Tennessee Court of Appeals swore in my law school colleague with her baby on his hip, and I've honestly never loved him more. pic.twitter.
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Population: 92,716Median household income: $104,349Median home price: $716,577Projected job growth: 9.2%Fun fact: In 2015, Fishers officially became a city and swore in its first mayor, Scott Fadness.
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NAIROBI (Reuters) - Tanzanian President John Magufuli swore in three new ministers on Monday, his office said, in a reshuffle that included the sacking of the home affairs minister.
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"This is a momentous day," Johnson said in a statement after Northern Ireland's elected Assembly returned to work and swore in a First Minister and Deputy First Minister.
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Congo's former president, for example, rigged a vote count to keep out a rival, then swore in a successor but refused to move out of the presidential villa himself.
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BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn on Tuesday swore in the cabinet of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, a former army chief who seized power in a 2014 coup.
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Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) swore in Kavanaugh, who stood to take the oath, so that the Supreme Court nominee could deliver his opening statement to the committee.
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North Carolina swore in the first black woman to serve as chief justice on the state Supreme Court on Thursday at a ceremony attended by more than 1,000 people.
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AMMAN, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Jordan's King Abdullah on Sunday swore in a new government following a reshuffle but retained Hani Mulki as prime minister, state television reported on Sunday.
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He inspected thousands of People's Liberation Army troops stationed here, met with local dignitaries and swore in Carrie Lam as the city's new chief executive, the top local official.
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Vizcarra, a centrist, dissolved Congress late last month and swore in a new Cabinet last week following a lengthy stand-off between with lawmakers over his anti-corruption reforms.
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COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's newly elected president Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday swore in his elder brother, former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, as prime minister, cementing the powerful family's political comeback.
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Her husband swore in court that she was lying and that he had divorced her more than six months earlier, an argument that the judge accepted, Ms. Carroll said.
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OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - When Burkina Faso swore in its first new president in decades last month, many people hoped the democratic transition would pave the way to an era of progress.
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World Briefing Lawmakers on Wednesday swore in three legislators who were blocked from taking their seats by the Supreme Court last month, setting up a showdown with the president's Socialist party.
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King Vajiralongkorn, who was officially crowned in May after the death of his father in 2016, recently swore in a new civilian government headed by former junta chief Prayuth Chan-ocha.
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Undeterred, opposition lawmakers swore in the 13 new judges and 20 substitute judges in a public plaza to combat what they say is oil-rich Venezuela's slide into dictatorship under Maduro.
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Last week, he swore in a new attorney general, Jeff Sessions, who has said that the government has grown "soft on crime," and helped block a bipartisan bill to reduce sentences.
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Last week alone, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) finally swore in its fifth and final member, and the Senate confirmed nominees for the Interior Department and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria swore in Abdelmadjid Tebboune as president on Thursday as the Hirak protest movement debated its response to his offer of dialogue to end a months-long political crisis.
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The mayor, who has taken days away from his presidential campaign to respond to the shooting, described the fallout as "very challenging" as he swore in new South Bend Police Department recruits.
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Even this week, as Vice President Mike Pence swore in Doug Jones to the Senate, the internet jumped at the chance to say Jones' queer son gave the side-eye to Pence.
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Donald Trump swore in December to withhold "billions" of dollars of US aid from countries that supported a United Nations resolution condemning the administration's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
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As his first act of the day, Brown swore in veteran Democratic Congressman and lawyer Xavier Becerra as the state's attorney general, replacing Kamala Harris, who was elected to the U.S. Senate.
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Adding further uncertainty to the political picture, Portugal swore in its new centre-right president on Wednesday who has powers to veto laws, dissolve parliament, fire the government and call new elections.
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Exactly 12 years after his father swore in as president, W. took the oath of office as 43rd president of the US. He also won a second term, which eluded his father.
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Sultan Muhammad swore in Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad after he was returned to power last year — albeit only after a mysterious delay that put the nation on edge for a few hours.
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" President Donald Trump swore in Supreme Court Judge Brett Kavanaugh Monday by apologizing to him "on behalf of the nation" for "the terrible pain and suffering that you have been forced to endure.
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BENGHAZI, Libya, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Libya's eastern-based parliament swore in a new central bank governor on Monday, though the head of a rival assembly in the capital, Tripoli, quickly rejected the move.
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Ms. Bachelet handed the presidential sash to the president of Congress, who then swore in Mr. Piñera — who himself turned over the office to Ms. Bachelet in a similar ceremony four years ago.
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But the Venezuelan government ignored calls for an independent audit of the results and swore in the winning candidates, "further illustrating the authoritarian nature of the Maduro regime," the Treasury Department said Thursday.
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Even had she been democratically elected rather than hand-picked by the central government, the new chief executive, Carrie Lam, whom Mr Xi swore in on July 1st, would have a nearly impossible job.
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Sri Lanka was plunged into crisis late on Friday after President Maithripala Sirisena abruptly sacked Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and swore in ex-president Mahinda Rajapaksa as the new prime minister to replace him.
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"President Maduro swore in this illegitimate Constituent Assembly to further entrench his dictatorship, and continues to tighten his grip on the country," Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement announcing the new sanctions.
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Sri Lanka has been plunged into crisis since Friday, when President Maithripala Sirisena abruptly sacked Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and swore in ex-president Mahinda Rajapaksa as the new prime minister to replace him.
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In 2010 our attorney general swore in a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant that Fox News reporter James Rosen was a spy in order to snoop on his communications and discover his sources.
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Multiple sources say Kavanaugh is a long time favorite of White House Counsel Don McGahn It was Kavanaugh who swore in McGahn when he became a commission of the Federal Election Commission in 2008.
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He swore in a new batch of 34 senators, delivered remarks at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and visited Iowa to discuss pork production, domestic violence, education, drugs and alcohol abuse.
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Singing the national anthem, they gathered towards the chamber's podium and swore in Guaido as Venezuela's interim president -- a role he assumed last year after declaring the rule of embattled president Nicolas Maduro illegitimate.
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But this is the Senate we have at an extraordinarily wrenching juncture in our history, and on Thursday, following the direction of the Constitution, Chief Justice John Roberts swore in its members as jurors.
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Sri Lanka was plunged into the crisis on Friday when Sirisena sacked Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and swore in ex-president Mahinda Rajapaksa to replace him, breaking up a fragile coalition governing the island.
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JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo swore in a former education minister as Jakarta's governor on Monday, months after an election that opened up religious and ethnic divisions in the world's biggest Muslim-majority country.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump swore in former Goldman Sachs banker and Hollywood financier Steven Mnuchin as Treasury secretary on Monday, putting him to work on tax reform, financial de-regulation and economic diplomacy efforts.
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AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan's King Abdullah on Thursday swore in a new government led by a former World Bank economist and mandated to review a disputed tax system after widespread protests against IMF-driven austerity measures.
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East African economic powerhouse Ethiopia swore in a new prime minister this week, whose pledge to smooth out ethnic ruptures in the country could mean that unrest and violence no longer disrupt its economic development.
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President Sergio Mattarella swore in Giuseppe Conte as prime minister of Western Europe's first anti-establishment government whose aim is to cut taxes, boost welfare spending and overhaul European Union rules on budgets and immigration.
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AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan's King Abdullah swore in a new government headed by Hani Mulki as prime minister for a second term on Wednesday, with a little-changed cabinet and a mandate to accelerate economic reforms.
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"After Ibiza ... and the parliamentary election in autumn, the circle is now closing," President Alexander Van der Bellen, a former Greens leader, said as he swore in the new cabinet, who did not give speeches.
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Chicago (CNN)A federal judge made an impassioned speech, comparing her own swearing-in as a new citizen 30 years ago to that of 117 new United States citizens she swore in on Tuesday in Chicago.
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MADRID (Reuters) - Catalonia's parliament swore in a new separatist leader on Sunday evening, putting the pro-independence movement's commitment to break with Spain over the next 18 months back on track after a long political deadlock.
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LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra swore in actor and former Culture Minister Salvador del Solar as his new prime minister on Monday in a cabinet shuffle that may help shore up his slipping approval ratings.
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Interviewing people from the church, the attorneys found their way to a man named Ronald House, who swore in an affidavit that Norwood had tried to have sex with him when he was 245 or 21.
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Though Trump has vacillated between criticizing and praising Kelly in recent months, he highlighted his one year on the job as he swore in the new Veterans Affairs Secretary, Robert Wilkie, in the Oval Office Monday.
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A year earlier, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister and the chairman of Likud, secured a fourth term in office and swore in his ministers, a coalition widely regarded as the most right-wing in Israeli history.
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BISSAU (Reuters) - Guinea-Bissau had two presidents and two prime ministers as of Saturday, after Umaro Cissoko Embalo, the inaugurated winner of December's election, swore in a new premier, but parliament appointed a rival interim president.
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Ricardo Rosselló (D) swore in the seven members of its Puerto Rico Statehood Commission, the delegation that will go to Washington and ask to be seated in Congress as part of the island's bid for statehood.
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RAMALLAH, GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday swore in a new government headed by a loyalist from his dominant Fatah party, a move rejected by his Islamist rival Hamas as a blow to unity efforts.
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It's the latest in the dramatic saga surrounding Miguna Miguna — a former ally of the opposition party who swore in its leader, Raila Odinga, as the "people's president of Kenya" but was swiftly deported a week later.
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Inside, Mr. Maduro's party swore in as head of the Assembly a legislator named Luis Parra, a former member of the opposition who turned against Mr. Guaidó after the Assembly leader opened a corruption claim against him.
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The opposition dubbed the ruling a bid to strip it of its super majority, and defiantly swore in the three barred opposition lawmakers anyway, one of a number of tussles between the newly convened congress and the court.
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ROME (Reuters) - Italy's president swore in Giuseppe Conte on Friday as prime minister of Western Europe's first anti-establishment government whose aim is to cut taxes, boost welfare spending and overhaul European Union rules on budgets and immigration.
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Everyone swore in Keeping Up With The Kardashians and tabloids alike that these couplings, both with noticeably younger partners, were proof Scourtney (Kott?) was o-v-e-r after more than a decade of breaking up and making up.
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On Thursday, Barr swore in the new Bureau of Prisons director in a private ceremony at the Justice Department, days after announcing he was ousting the acting head of the agency who had been in place since last year.
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While Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts swore in the senators last week, the historic trial gets underway in earnest at 1 pm Eastern time today, when McConnell will introduce a resolution that governs how the trial will proceed.
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The former security chief of Uber Technologies swore in a closed legal proceeding that he knew of no attempts to steal trade secrets from anyone, including Alphabet's self-driving unit Waymo, and would be "shocked" if that had occurred.
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In the Senate, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. swore in seven new members and all the incumbents who won their races last year, their colleagues looking on cheerfully, as a cold rain pelted the newly refurbished Capitol dome.
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Organizers claimed 50,000 Brazilians took to the streets of São Paolo on Sunday, four days after the senate voted to impeach Rousseff and swore in her former vice president, Michel Temer, to serve out the rest of her term.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping swore in Hong Kong's new leader last month with a stark warning that Beijing won't tolerate any challenge to its authority in the city as it marked the 20th anniversary of its return from Britain to China.
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The provision came into force in December last year as the former Soviet republic swore in a new president - though there has been a de-facto ban on foreigners buying farmland since 2017, when the government imposed a moratorium on purchases.
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He swore in his entire Cabinet at once, signed 21 bills into law, and began rolling out the New Deal in his first 1003 days in office -- a frenzy of activity that, ever since, all presidents have been matched against.
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Rebelo de Sousa will succeed President Anibal Cavaco Silva, a fellow conservative who said he only swore in the Socialist government as he was barred by the constitution from calling a new parliamentary election in his last six months in office.
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LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski swore in Cayetana Aljovin as the new Energy and Mines Minister on Thursday, tasking the former business manager and journalist with shaping mining policy in the world's No.2 copper, zinc and silver producer.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping swore in Hong Kong's new leader on Saturday with a stark warning that Beijing won't tolerate any challenge to its authority in the divided city as it marked the 20thanniversary of its return from Britain to China.
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What to Watch For China's president, Xi Jinping, swore in Hong Kong's new leader, Carrie Lam, on Saturday as he wrapped up his visit to the city to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the former British colony's return to Chinese rule.
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GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemala swore in President Alejandro Giammattei on Tuesday in a ceremony tainted by long delays blamed on outgoing officials maneuvering to avoid possible legal cases, a reminder of the deep levels of political corruption plaguing the country.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday swore in new Macao leader Ho Iat Seng at a ceremony where he heaped praises on the special administrative region, while warning that Beijing would not allow foreign influences to interfere with Macao and Hong Kong.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping swore in Hong Kong's new leader on Saturday with a stark warning that Beijing won't tolerate any challenge to its authority in the divided city, in his strongest speech yet amid concerns over what some perceive as increased meddling by Beijing.
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Security forces fired tear gas at hundreds of protesters in the capital Khartoum and across the River Nile in Omdurman, witnesses said, as Bashir swore in officials he appointed to replace those he sacked when he dissolved the central and state governments on Friday.
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HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping swore in Hong Kong's new leader on Saturday with a stark warning that Beijing won't tolerate any challenge to its authority in the divided city as it marked the 20th anniversary of its return from Britain to China.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping swore in Hong Kong's new leader on Saturday with a stark warning that Beijing will not tolerate any challenge to its authority in the divided city, in his strongest speech yet amid concerns over what some perceive as increased meddling by Beijing.
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But what she did next violated the most important precepts she was taught at Fort Huachuca, along with the Oath of Enlistment she swore in 2007: She uploaded the contents of the discs onto the personal laptop she planned to take home to the United States.
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It led to the first and only time a woman swore in a US president Hours after the assassination, Vice President Lyndon Johnson was sworn in as president aboard Air Force One, with Jacqueline Kennedy at his side, an event captured in an in an iconic photograph.
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IT WAS an extraordinary moment, and seen by many as a happy culmination to a long, often bloody and always wrenching story: this week Myanmar swore in a new president as the titular head of the first civilian-led, democratic government to take office after decades of military-backed rule.
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The trial won't get into full swing until next week, but the ceremonial start began on Thursday when the articles of impeachment were read aloud on the Senate floor and Chief Justice John Roberts, who will preside over the trial, swore in senators as they took an oath to do impartial justice.
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The hostility between the country's top two statesmen reached its peak in October when President Maithripala Sirisena fired Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, claiming the action was within his constitutional rights and swore in Mahinda Rajapaksa — a former president whose decade-long regime had a track record of suppressing free speech, intimidating minorities and harassing critics.
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The two have tracked down every surviving person involved in the episode: the circle of young men in whose orbit James Clark and Heidelberg's fates converged; the cadre of officers who chased the man in a blue Chevy and swore in court he was Heidelberg; and the police dispatcher on duty the night of the car chase.
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Vice President Pence swore in Jones as former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenEight Democratic presidential hopefuls to appear in CNN climate town hall Hill Reporter Rafael Bernal: Biden tries to salvage Latino Support Biden, Buttigieg bypassing Democratic delegate meeting: report MORE, Senate Democratic leadership and several members from both parties looked on from the Senate floor.
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Rashida TlaibRashida Harbi TlaibWorld Jewish Congress condemns Tlaib for suggesting boycott of Bill Maher's show F-bombs away: Why lawmakers are cursing now more than ever A lesson of the Trump, Tlaib, Omar, Netanyahu affair MORE (D-Mich.) revealed Saturday that she swore in as a member of the House of Representatives on her personal Quran, rather than the historic copy owned by Thomas Jefferson, as news reports previously indicated.
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The pressure on national politicians to reach a deal rose on Sunday when Catalonia's parliament swore in a new separatist leader, putting the region's drive to break with Spain over the next 18 months back on track after months of political deadlock.. But Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez reiterated on Monday he would not back Rajoy, who says a German-style "grand coalition" of the Socialists, his centre-right PP and newcomer centrists Ciudadanos would provide stable rule to an economy with the second highest number of unemployed in Europe.
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In fact, the experience requirement in immigration judge vacancy announcements doesn't even mention immigration law experience: "Experience: Applicants must have a full seven (7) years of post-bar experience as a licensed attorney preparing for, participating in, and/or appealing formal hearings or trials … Qualifying litigation experience involves cases in which a complaint was filed with a court, or a charging document … was issued by a court, a grand jury, or appropriate military authority…" EOIR recently swore in 28 new immigration judges, and 11 of them had no immigration law experience. None.
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