DIRK KEMPTHORNE SWORN IN AS INTERIOR SECRETARY
U.S. President George W. Bush shakes hands with Dirk Kempthorne before Kempthorne is sworn in as Interior Secretary on the South Lawn of the White House on June 7, 2006. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)
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