Boehner lights Christmas tree on Capitol Hill

U.S. Speaker of the House John Boehner brought a little light to Washington D.C. as he was on hand to turn on the lights of the official Capitol Hill Christmas tree.

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WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 04: U.S. Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) (R) lights up the 2012 Capitol Christmas Tree with Ryan Shuster (L), a senior at Discovery Canyon Campus in Colorado Spring, Colorado, December 4, 2012 at the West Front Lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. The year's tree is a 65-foot Engelmann spruce from the Blanco Ranger District of the White River National Forest in Colorado. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty ... more
WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 04: U.S. Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) (R) lights up the 2012 Capitol Christmas Tree with Ryan Shuster (L), a senior at Discovery Canyon Campus in Colorado Spring, Colorado, December 4, 2012 at the West Front Lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. The year's tree is a 65-foot Engelmann spruce from the Blanco Ranger District of the White River National Forest in Colorado. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) less