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Derrick Brooks, 6-foot 2-inch Army staff sergeant, who resembles Obama in height, weight and skin color, stood in for President-elect Obama as inaugural officials worked to get the kinks out of plans for what may be the biggest ceremony ever in the nation's capital:
The rehearsal even included Even a faux President George W. Bush. On the east side of the Capitol, the military practiced landing the helicopter that will take President Bush to Andrews Air Force Base after Obama has become president.
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