Hastert to Swear in Cheney at Inauguration

Hastert to Swear in Cheney at Inauguration

Wednesday January 5, 2005 5:16 PM

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WASHINGTON (AP) - House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., will swear in Vice President Dick Cheney at the inauguration Jan. 20, an unusual but not unprecedented choice.

Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., chairman of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, announced details of the event Wednesday, including the musical performers at the Capitol and who will administer the oaths.

William H. Rehnquist, chief justice of the United States, will swear in President Bush and Hastert will do the same for Cheney. Rehnquist had sworn in Cheney four years ago.

House speakers have sworn in vice presidents on three occasions, according to the Senate Historian's Office. The last time was in 1977 when Speaker Tip O'Neill, D-Mass., swore in Vice President Walter Mondale

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Lovely. I suppose Rehnquist is too ill to swear in both of them.