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November 17, 2003

Swearing in

Arnold Schwarzenegger is scheduled to be sworn in at 11 am today as California's 38th governor. The first of 716 credentialed media began arriving at 3 am and were soon joined by Schwarzenegger allies and advisers eager to spin them on the events of the day. Rep. David Dreier, former LA Mayor Dick Riordan and Republican Chairman Duf Sundheim were working the crowd before 7 am. The ceremony itself will be brief. Schwarzenegger's speech is expected to be shorter than 15 minutes long. He will then sign orders rolling back the car tax and calling the Legislature into special session to deal with his proposals on the budget, workers compensation and the repeal of the bill giving illegal immigrants drivers licenses. He plans his first press conference for Tuesday.