Inside the Real West Wing As the Obamas Meet the Bushes In

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Inside the real west wing As the Obamas meet the Bushes in preparation for the move to the Executive residence White House, what is their new home really like? This is the floorplan Built in 1792 and torched by the British in 1814, the centre of the White House of the luxurious residence and the west wing operations centre boasts a succession of reception rooms, offices and bedrooms that will house the young Obama family Kitchen National Dining room security Beauty North 2 advisor Sitting salon portico room Dressing Bedroom Press room 4 3 Master Lobby office bedroom Bedroom Central Sitting hall Grand room stairs Deputy chiefs Roosevelt Queen’s of staff room Cabinet Yellow bedroom room Truman oval room President’s President’s balcony study study Sitting Personal room 1 Oval secretary Lincoln office bedroom West West wing colonnade Operations centre built in 1902 for $65,000. The most influential positions occupy the first State dining floor, with proximity to the Oval office room the measure of how powerful they are Rose garden The jobs we know now Red room 1 2 3 4 Blue room, formal reception area Green room East room, hosts major functions Map room South portico President Vice-President Press secretary Chief of Staff Barack Obama Joe Biden Robert Gibbs Rahm Emanuel Based in the famous Staff will occupy three Obama’s campaign Corner offices with Oval office. Press offices at the far end communications large windows are Diplomatic East wing, conferences often of the building director and newly prized and Emanuel’s reception room China room visitors’ entrance, held in Rose garden named press boss suite also offers direct office of First Lady access to the President SOURCES: GRAPHIC NEWS, THE WHITE HOUSE, WHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION, GLOBAL SECURITY Vermeil room.

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