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In the early days of the Obama administration the decor was that left by departing president George Bush. It included a portrait of Washington and of Lincoln - and a collection of decorative green and white plates.
Although Obama has mostly kept the Bush Oval Office decor, he's removed two paintings from prominent locations - the walls on either side of the big south-facing windows behind his desk - and restored two Clinton-era paintings that hung in the same spots.
There is now painting of Lady Liberty's torch that looks very bright and modern. On the other side he has The Avenue in the Rain, by Childe Hassam.
A Gregor landscape (brought over from his Senate office "Illinois Landscape No. 120," a large, 60-inch by 82-inch canvas, hangs in the dining room of the Oval Office.
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Which President whose thirteen grandchildren visited the White House in his last term in office?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Whose daughter had the last white house wedding?
nixon
Whose inauguration turned into a giant party that almost ruined the White House?
Andrew Jackson's.
Whose property the white house sits on is owned by whom and is called?
george washinton happy
Who are the three men whose portraits appear on currency that were not US Presidents What were their claims to fame?
bing
What does Obama do when he is unwell?
Like all modern presidents, Barack Obama does his best to stay in good health, and he sees a doctor for his annual physical. To help presidents to maintain their health, there is a doctor whose official job is to take care of the president and his family. The role of a "White House physician" was created around 1901, and continues to this day. The White House physician has an office in the White House and should the president feel ill, the physician is readily available.
White house lawyer whose dramatic charges against Nixon were validated by the Watergate tapes?
James Dean
Young white house intern whose sexual affair with president Clinton led to his impeachment?
Monica Lewinsky
President whose two daughters were married in the White House?
President Woodrow Wilson had two daughters who were married in the White House; Jessie Wilson Sayre in 1913 and Eleanor Wilson McAdoo in 1914.
What book about a dog whose domain was the White House remained on the best-seller list for 29 weeks?
MILLIE'S BOOK, as dictated to Barbara Bush. (Morrow, $17.95.) The memoirs of the English springer spaniel who lives in the White House.
Who was the only child to born in the White House?
Esther Cleveland, second child of President Stephen Grover Cleveland and Frances Cornelia Folsom, was the first child of a president born in the White House. She was born on September 9, 1893, during Cleveland's second term in the White House.
In whose presidency did the British enter Washington and set fire the White House and when?
During James Madison's presidency the British entered and set fire to the White House. It took place on August 24, 1814, during the War of 1812.
