Photos: Secretary Rice at the Inauguration of Liberian President, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf Monrovia, Liberia January 16, 2006
![Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, center, greeted Secretary Rice, left, and First Lady Laura Bush, second right, in Monrovia, Liberia, Monday January 16, 2006. [© AP/WWP]](http://www.state.gov/cms_images/2006_1116_liberia_elect_140.jpg) Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf greeted Secretary Rice and First Lady Laura Bush in Monrovia, Liberia, Monday January 16, 2006. [© AP/WWP] |
 Secretary Rice and First Lady Laura Bush before the start of the inauguration ceremonies. [© AP/WWP] |
![Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf was sworn in today in Monvrovia. [State Department photo]](http://www.state.gov/cms_images/2006_0116_liberia_1402.jpg) Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf was sworn in today in Monvrovia. [State Department photo] |
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![Secretary Rice shakes hands with Wellington Geevon Smith of Liberian Star Radio following her interview in Monrovia on Janurary 16, 2006. [State Department photo]](http://www.state.gov/cms_images/2006_1116_liberia_radio_140.jpg) Secretary Rice shakes hands with Wellington Geevon Smith of Liberian Star Radio following her interview in Monrovia on Janurary 16, 2006. [State Department photo] |
![State Department Executive Assistant Steve Beecroft ,left, and Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli ,right, join Snoti Forh, Miss Liberia 2005, for a photo Monrovia, Liberia January 16, 2006. [DoS photo]](http://www.state.gov/cms_images/2006_1116_miss_liberia_140.jpg) State Department Executive Assistant Steve Beecroft (left) and Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli (right) join Snoti Forh, Miss Liberia 2005, for a photo during the of Liberian president Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf in Monrovia, Liberia January 16, 2006. [State Department photo] |
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