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Gore returns to private life -- at least for now©Associated Press © St. Petersburg Times, published January 21, 2001 Al Gore won more votes than any presidential candidate last November, but he was just a spectator Saturday. A somber Gore looked on as the oath of office was administered to Bush, whose victory was not assured until the Supreme Court ended a recount of votes in Florida more than a month after Election Day, Gore sat through the ceremony showing little emotion, a half smile on his face. He shook the hands of Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney after they were sworn in. As he left the Capitol, he said, "I thought it was good. I'm fine." As Gore ponders his next move -- which could include preparing for another presidential run four years from now -- he will initially occupy the same Arlington, Va., house he lived in before becoming vice president in 1993. The vice president's advisers said the Gores won't leave the area until their son, Albert Gore III, finishes his senior year of high school. Gore also is expected to hit the lecture circuit. He also will get a government pension worth an estimated $95,000 annually.
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