HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT SWORN IN
Secretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt participates in a swearing-in ceremony at HHS headquarters in Washington on Feb. 11, 2005. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)
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