Hamid Karzai has been sworn in as Afghanistan’s first popularly elected president, as 150 foreign dignitaries — including U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld — looked on. A smiling Karzai, wearing a traditional green robe and a black lambskin hat, received a standing ovation at Tuesday’s ceremony, held under tight security in a restored hall of the war-damaged former royal palace in Kabul. Full Story