HOUSE HOLDS MOCK SWEARING-IN CEREMONY
Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., participates in a mock swearing-in ceremony with his wife Kim, holding Thomas Jefferson's Koran, 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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