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The bill signing attracted a who's who of Denver Democratic politics.

The president was accompanied on Air Force One by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and met on the tarmac by Gov. Bill Ritter and his son August; U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet; U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (whom the president called "de-jet" during his speech); U.S. Rep. Ed Perl mutter; and Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper. At the museum, there were also Bennet's wife, Susan Daggett, who received a kiss on the cheek from the president; Lt. Gov. Barbara O'Brien; former Denver Mayor Wellington Webb and his wife, Wilma; former Colorado Gov. Roy Romer and his son, state Sen. Chris Romer; former Denver mayor and secretary of energy and transportation Federico Peña; Senate President
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Peter Groff; House Speaker Terrance Carroll; Colorado Democratic Party chair Pat Waak; attorney and Democratic fundraiser Steve Farber; and political consultant David Kenney. The Denver Post