U.S. Senate-designate Michael Bennet, front left, joins his wife, Susan Daggett, back left, and their daughters, 4-year-old Anne, front center, 9-year-old Caroline, middle center, and 7-year-old Halina, in accepting a blessing from U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colo., during a news conference to announce his selection at the State Capitol in Denver on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009. Bennet has been selected to succeed Salazar, who has been chosen to be the U.S. secretary of the interior. Bennet took his oath of office at the US Senate Thursday.