swearing in

After his public swearing-in in November, McDonnell acknowledged how much had changed with the department since he left in 2010, while saying that “my perspective is much broader and wider, realizing that we are not going to be successful unless we work very closely with the community.”

At Burns’ swearing-in ceremony, Nixon joked, “I respect his independence—however, I hope that, independently, he will consider that my views are the ones that should be followed.”

Nawaz Sharif, then prime minister of Pakistan, attended Modi's swearing-in ceremony in Delhi.

After clashing with Trump in his first term, Bezos and other tech billionaires have been trying to work their way back into his good graces, visiting Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort after his reelection, donating to his inauguration fund and scoring prime seats at his swearing-in.

Tran met Lam at his swearing-in ceremony in December.