Unfortunately for the people entrusted with guarding the White House, the Marine Corps Orchestra did not march through the East Wing gate. Its members simply ambled in on Sunday, Jan. 20, two hours before they were scheduled to serenade President Reagan at his private Inauguration ceremony upstairs. If only they had arrived in hup-two-three-four formation, Presidential Spokesman Larry Speakes suggested last week, guards might have spotted the stray tourist tagging along with the Marines. "Had he been out of step," Speakes said with a smile, "they would have caught him earlier."
Instead, Robert Latta, a vacationer from Denver, followed the 33...
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