Vice President Kamala Harris exchanges greetings after she was inaugurated along with President Biden on Wednesday on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol.
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Kamala Harris was sworn in Wednesday as vice president — the first woman, first Black American and first Asian American in the position. It is a pivotal moment for a nation still struggling to end the racial disparities in politics, the economy and society. It is especially poignant for Black women who have been an important if underappreciated part of the Democratic Party.
Vice President Kamala Harris addresses the nation at the “Celebrating America” event at the Lincoln Memorial.
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Vice President Kamala Harris and husband Doug Emhoff watch fireworks.
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Kamala Harris stands next to her husband, Doug Emhoff, as she takes the oath of office Wednesday from U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
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Vice President Kamala Harris celebrates with President-elect Joe Biden after being sworn in Wednesday during the inauguration on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol.
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Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, see off former Vice President Mike Pence and his wife, Karen Pence, after the inauguration.
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Kamala Harris applauds as Joe Biden arrives for the inauguration ceremony.
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Kamala Harris and husband Doug Emhoff arrive for the inauguration.
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Kamala Harris greets Mike Pence, whom she succeeds as vice president, as she arrives Wednesday for the inauguration.
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Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, attend Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle on Inauguration Day.
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Doug Emhoff, left, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, Jill Biden and President-elect Joe Biden look down the National Mall as lamps are lighted to honor the nearly 400,000 American victims of the pandemic at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Tuesday.
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