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President Uchtdorf Offers Benediction at Inauguration for Utah Governor

President Dieter F. Uchtdorf of the Church’s First Presidency offered the benediction today at the inauguration for Utah Gov. Gary R. Herbert and Lt. Gov. Greg Bell. Elders M. Russell Ballard, Quentin L. Cook and Neil L. Andersen of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles were also in attendance along with many other community leaders. In his prayer, President Uchtdorf prayed to "Bless all who have been elected by the people of this great state of Utah ... with wisdom and integrity, with courage and foresight, and with kindness and charity to all."

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