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HOUSE HOLDS MOCK SWEARING-IN CEREMONY
Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., participates in a mock swearing-in ceremony in the U.S. Capitol in Washington on January 4, 2007. Ellison is the first Muslim elected to Congress. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)

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Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Roskos with the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, "The Old Guard," participates in the annual Flags-In ceremony, May 23, 2013, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Soldiers place American flags in front of more than 260,000 gravestones in the cemetery in honor of Memorial Day. UPI/Kevin Dietsch