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By BOB WEINBERG

Ruppahannock News Contributing Writer

I journeyed to "the other Washington" for President Clinton's Second Inaugural Address, and related events of the day.

I did not find quite the same excitement in the air as I had found on the sunnier and brisker Inaugural day four years ago; for the continuity of presidential policy is less exciting than the change of national direction and conomitmcnt, such as we witnessed when Clityon’s First Inaugural Address closed out the Reagan-Bush era of the eighties.

But institutional continuity, regardless of policy continuity, is the fundamental value that we recognize on these quadrennial occasions. Our General Assembly Delegate Jay Katzen, R-31st District, put is nicely in perspective when, in responding to my invitation to quote hjat here, he said: "As a retired officer of the Department of State, I was honored to serve America in a number of countries where the transition of power was only accomplished by means of military force. Therefore, we as Americans can take great pride in the process with which we participate in this 53rd Inauguration Day."

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