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Published 1/15/2009 at Reuters: Politics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris, having outmaneuvered top fellow Democrats in a political showdown, was sworn in on Thursday to the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.
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