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Rod Blagojevich becomes 40th Gov. of State of Illinois

GXP2003011308- SPRINGFIELD, Ill. Jan 13 (UPI) --Former Governors of the State of Illinois (L to R) Jim Thompson, Jim Edgar and George Ryan, along with their wives, watch as new Governor Rod Blagojevich receives applause after delivering his Inaugural speech at the Prairie Capital Convention Center in Springfield, Ill. on Jan. 13, 2003. Blagojevich is the 40th Governor of the State of Illinois. rlw/bg/Bill Greenblatt UPI


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