Army Staff Sgt Derrick Brooks (2nd L) stands in for President-elect Barack Obama alongside Navy Yeoman 1st Class LaSean McCray (L), representing Michelle Obama, as they watch a military parade on the East Front of the US Capitol in Washington, January 11, 2009. Sgt. Brooks, who has been deployed in both Iraq and Afghanistan was one of more than 3,000 participants in the inaugural rehearsal before Obama is sworn-in on January 20. [Agencies]