Bush takes the oath of office for second term
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-01-21 01:42

 

U.S. President George W. Bush (L) takes the Oath of Office from Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist during Inauguration ceremonies on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 20, 2005. With Bush are, from left to right, first lady Laura Bush and daughters Barbara and Jenna Bush. President Bush was sworn in for a second term on Thursday and pledged to work to heal a country divided by the Iraq war. [Reuters]

Vice President Dick Cheney (L) takes the Oath of Office from Speaker of the House of Representatives Dennis Hastert during Inauguartion ceremonies on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 20. 2005. With Cheney is his wife Lynne. [Reuters]

Protesters hold up signs against the war in Iraq during a protest in Miami, January 20, 2005, to memorialize U.S. soldiers who have died in the conflict. Miami residents participated in a peaceful protest against the swearing in ceremony of U.S. President George W. Bush and the war in Iraq. [Reuters]

With the U.S. Capitol in the background,  U.S. President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush's limousine is flanked by U.S. Secret Service agents on Pennsylvania Avenue in the inaugural parade in Washington January 20, 2005. [Reuters]

As first lady Laura Bush (L), Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife Lynne look on, U.S. President George W. Bush, escorted by the commanding general of Military District of Washington U.S. Army Major General Galen Jackman (C), arrives to review troops following Bush's inauguration at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, January 20, 2005. Bush was sworn in for his second term as the 43rd President of the United States. [Reuters]

Senator John Kerry (D-Ma), (L), salutes while talking to Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt), as they arrive on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 20, 2005. [Reuters]

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton (top) and his wife, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, arrive for the swearing-in ceremony for President George W. Bush, on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 20, 2005. [Reuters]

Protesters hold up a flag-draped coffin as U.S. President George W. Bush passes by during the inaugural parade in Washington, January 20, 2005. Flag-draped coffins and jeering anti-war protesters competed with pomp and circumstance on Thursday at the inauguration of President George W. Bush along the barricaded streets of central Washington. [Reuters]