The Smithsonian Institutes holds its second annual public meeting of the Board of Regents in Washington
John Roberts, Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and the Chancellor of the Smithsonian Institute board of Regents, speaks during the Smithsonian's annual public meeting of the Board of Regents, at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington on September 21, 2009. UPI/Kevin Dietsch
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