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Federal officials, including the president’s Cabinet and members of Congress, all swore an oath to follow the Constitution and protect the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.

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When I was 22 years old, I commissioned as an Ensign in the United States Navy and swore an oath to the Constitution.

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Speaking as she swore in her new cabinet, Samia warned that the violence could "set the country back".

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"The constitution that I swore an oath to uphold and defend is no more," said Justice Athar Minallah in his resignation letter.

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“I swore on the Quran that I was never coming back.”

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