presidntial inauguration

September 24, 2008 - 9:51am

Feinstein hammers 'First Nail' on presidential inauguration ceremony planning

WASHINGTON - The Golden State's senior U.S. Senator, Dianne Feinstein, picked up a hammer Wednesday and symbolically began construction on the 2009 presidential inaugural platform.

Feinstein, who chairs the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, was joined Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nevada), Sen. Bob Bennett (R-Utah) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) in the traditional "First Nail" ceremony which kicks off construction of the platform and planning for the inauguration of the 44th President of the United States on Jan. 20.

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