Indian-American Kash Patel took oath as the ninth director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the chief US investigation agency, on Saturday, with his hand on the sacred Hindu scripture Bhagavad Gita.
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00:00Please place your hand on the Gita and raise your right hand.
00:04I do solemnly swear
00:07I do solemnly swear
00:10that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States
00:14that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States
00:18against all enemies, foreign and domestic
00:21against all enemies, foreign and domestic
00:24that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same
00:29that I take this obligation freely
00:32that I take this obligation freely
00:35without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion
00:41and that I will well and faithfully
00:44and that I will well and faithfully
00:46discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter
00:51discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter
00:54so help me God
00:55so help me God
00:57Thank you very much.