65-foot spruce adorns Capitol lawn for holiday

Sunday, December 14, 2003

WASHINGTON -- House Speaker Dennis Hastert of Illinois lit a 65-foot Christmas tree Thursday that had traveled 2,500 miles from Idaho to decorate the U.S. Capitol lawn.

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