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The Oval Office has become associated in Americans' minds with the presidency itself through memorable images, such as a young John F. Kennedy, Jr. peering through the front panel of his father's desk, President Richard Nixon speaking by telephone with the Apollo 11 astronauts during their moonwalk, and Amy Carter bringing her Siamese cat Misty Malarky Ying Yang to brighten her father ...
The first Oval Office was constructed as part of the expansion of the West Wing to the White House in 1909 under president William Howard Taft. [8] The room was designed by Nathan C. Wyeth who chose the Charles Follen McKim designed Theodore Roosevelt desk , which was first used by Theodore Roosevelt in the previous executive office, for the ...
Living presidents George W. Bush, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, and President-elect Barack Obama at the White House Oval Office on January 7, 2009. The Obama transition organization was called the Obama-Biden Transition Project. [3]
The White House last week unveiled President Obama's redesigned Oval Office. The makeover, completed under the eye of California designer Michael Smith while the First Redecorate, of course.
The Oval Office Study is a private office for the president of the United States. Located in the West Wing of the White House , it adjoins the Oval Office , the ceremonial office of the president. The Oval Office Study is one of a suite of rooms accessed in a private internal corridor from the Oval Office, which also includes the president's ...
President Barack Obama meets with White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel in the Oval Office. The White House Chief of Staff is the head of the Executive Office of the President of the United States, a cabinet position in the federal government of the United States.
Although the Oval Office was built in 1909, it retained the oval design to mirror those first three rooms in the original White House. (Don’t miss these 12 other mind-blowing White House facts ...
President Barack Obama meets with Warren Buffet in the Oval Office, July 14, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph.