Pomp and Circumstance
Spellings Gets Bipartisan Good Wishes at Ceremony
It’s doubly official. Margaret Spellings is now really the new secretary of education. First, she was sworn in Jan. 20 by White House Chief of Staff Andrew H. Card Jr. in the Oval Office just hours after the Senate confirmed her appointment.
Then, on Jan. 31, President Bush and first lady Laura Bush—along with many friends and colleagues of Ms. Spellings’, plus leaders from other agencies and Capitol Hill—convened at the Department of Education’s headquarters to watch Mr. Card administer the oath of office to Ms. Spellings once again at her new digs.
Similar ceremonies have been conducted for other Cabinet members after they...
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