2007 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree lighting ceremony

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks with Montana Sens. Max Baucus and Jon Tester before the Capitol Christmas Tree was lit on December 2, 2008 in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. The tree was a 70-foot tall Subalpine Fir from Montana's Bitterroot National Forest.

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