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The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. , it was built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the late Georgian style and has been the executive residence of every U.S. President since John Adams. Full Article
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U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (L) greets U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ)(2nd L), House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH)(2nd R) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) after a meeting between Congressional leadership and President Barack Obama on Afghanistan and Pak...
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L-R: House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-OH, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-MD, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY, and Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member John McCain walk on a path on the North Lawn of the White House following a meeting on Afghanistan an...
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, speaks to reporters as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV, looks on in front of the West Wing after a meeting on Afghanistan and Pakistan with US President Barack Obama October 6, 2009 at the White House in Washington, DC.
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House Minority Leader John Boehner (C), R-OH, chats with Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member John McCain (L), R-AZ, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY, near the West Wing after a meeting on Afghanistan and Pakistan with US President Barack Obama October 6, 200...
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WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 06: U.S Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (R) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) (L) walk away from reporters after talking outside the White House following a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama along with other members of Congress October 6...
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U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) speak about their meeting between Congressional leadership and President Barack Obama on Afghanistan and Pakistan at the White House in Washington, October 6, 2009.
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House Minority Leader John Boehner (C), R-OH, speaks to reporters as Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member John McCain (L), R-AZ, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY, look on in front of the West Wing after a meeting on Afghanistan and Pakistan with US President Ba...
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U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (L) waves to U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ)(2nd L), House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH)(2nd R) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) after a meeting between Congressional leadership and President Barack Obama on Afghanistan and...
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U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ)(L) leaves the White House with House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH)(R) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) after a meeting between Congressional leadership and President Barack Obama on Afghanistan and Pakistan in Washington, October 6,...
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid(C), D-NV, walk away after speaking to reporters in front of the West Wing after a meeting on Afghanistan and Pakistan with US President Barack Obama October 6, 2009 at the White House in Washington, DC.
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U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (L) shakes hands with Senator John McCain (R-AZ)(C) and House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) as she leaves the White House after a meeting between Congressional leadership and President Barack Obama on Afghanistan and Pakistan in Washington,...
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, walk out to speak to reporters in front of the West Wing after a meeting on Afghanistan and Pakistan with US President Barack Obama October 6, 2009 at the White House in Washington, DC.
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Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. , right, House Minority Leader John Boehner, center, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, left, speak outside the West Wing of the White House following a meeting between President Barack Obama and congressional leadership to discuss Afghanistan and Paki...
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. , left, greets Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. , right, following their meeting with President Barack Obama and Congressional leadership to discuss Afghanistan and Pakistan at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009.
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, left, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, speak outside the West Wing of the White House following a meeting between President Barack Obama and Congressional leadership to discuss Afghanistan and Pakistan in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009.
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. , left, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. , right, speak outside the West Wing of the White House following a meeting between President Barack Obama and Congressional leadership to discuss Afghanistan and Pakistan in Washington, Tuesday,...
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. , left, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. , right, walk out of the West Wing of the White House following their meeting between President Barack Obama and Congressional leadership to discuss Afghanistan and Pakistan in Washington, Tuesday...
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From left House Minority Leader John Boehner, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. , and Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell speak outside the West Wing of the White House after their meeting with President Barack Obama and congressional leadership to discuss Afghanistan and Pakistan in W...
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From left House Minority Leader John Boehner, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. , and Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell speak outside the West Wing of the White House after their meeting with President Barack Obama and congressional leadership to discuss Afghanistan and Pakistan in W...
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L-R: House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-OH, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-MD, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY, and Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member John McCain walk on a path on the North Lawn of the White House following a meeting on Afghanistan an...
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For it was exactly 60 years ago, in a ceremony not unlike this, that an American president welcomed to the White House the first prime minister of an independent India
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I am honored to represent Ohio at the White House where I will discuss the issues and concerns facing Ohio’s working families ... I am also pleased with the opportunity to invite my mother along with me. The work ethic and patriotism my parents displayed throughout my life was crucial in my decision to ...
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Need a little help, Joe? You gotta nip it… nip it in the bud! | Here’s what Barack Obama said on March 3, 2009 when outlining how his administration would maintain integrity in the stimulus payout process: To you, he’s Mr. Vice President ... But around the White House we call him ‘The Sheriff’ because i...
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The relationship between the White House and the CIA on covert action hasn’t changed at all
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We can draw strength from our shared past, for it was exactly 60 years ago...an American president welcomed to the White House, the first prime minister of an independent India
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President Obama has finished gathering information about troop options in Afghanistan and will likely announce his decision in an address to the nation next Tuesday, Dec. 1… On Monday night, Obama met for two hours in the White House Situation Room with his senior national security advisers, including E...
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In Zimbabwe we are enemies of the state, we’ve been arrested over 30 times, one magistrate called us ‘incorrigible unrepentant criminals’, but there we were in the White House lifting the human rights award.
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President Barack Obama meets with his national security team to discuss Afghanistan in the Situation Room of the White House, Nov. 23, 2009.
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Just as Katrina exposed critical weaknesses in the priorities and competence of the Bush administration, the unfolding unemployment disaster is threatening to do the same for the Obama White House.
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This is a very important relationship with a very important country that we have in the world ... That's why India was chosen to be the first visit. I think that's why the White House wanted to have something as formal as this to discuss throughout this process the issues that we have bilaterally.
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Pity the poor American car when Congress and the White House get through with it--a lightweight vehicle with a small carbon footprint, using alternative energy and renewable resources to operate in a sustainable way. When I was a kid, we called it a Schwinn.
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We used to serve the Italian government during the Beijing Olympics but the time with the White House team is totally different
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An American visiting Qom is like a member of Al-Qaeda visiting the White House
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It is a sign of our friendship that the red carpet is being rolled out from the White House to the Capitol and in between to welcome this truly great man, perhaps one of the most respected leaders in the world
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White House officials familiar with deliberations said that while some elements of the Taliban were inclined to harbor al Qaeda, which operated freely in Afghanistan through 2001, other members were focused on Afghanistan's internal politics and much less likely to support the international terror group...
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The problem this project ran into last time was the piling-on of requirements to such a degree that no helicopter could satisfy all of them simultaneously ... We can’t let that happen this time. We need to shape the requirement so that the program becomes doable, and the White House is very intent on do...
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With all the snow, it felt like we were at the Washington, D.C. White House instead of the Anaheim White House
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We have made an inroad with the White House folks who have asked if we want to be in on the president and negotiators' briefings ... This is an important meeting.
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It is a privilege to serve the people of Pennsylvania in the U.S. Senate at this crucial time for our country ... My top priority is making sure Pennsylvania’s interests are represented in the Congress and with the White House; whether it is getting our fair share from the appropriations process, throug...
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There are many indications that the man in charge at the White House will take a tougher stance in the future. Obama's advisors fear a comparison with former Democratic President Jimmy Carter, even more than with Bush. Prominent Republicans have already tried to liken Obama to the humanitarian from Geor...
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Since the Commerce Department's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is playing a leading role as a member of the White House Coastal Mississippi - Louisiana Restoration Working Group, this intervention also provides the Working Group with an immediate opportunity
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If you win the NCAA championships, you come to the White House. Well, if you’re a young person and you’ve produced the best experiment or design, the best hardware or software, you ought to be recognized for that achievement too ... Scientists and engineers ought to stand side by side with athletes and ...
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If you win the NCAA championships, you come to the White House. Well, if you’re a young person and you’ve produced the best experiment or design, the best hardware or software, you ought to be recognized for that achievement too ... Scientists and engineers ought to stand side by side with athletes and ...
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It's hard to believe that only one year ago Barack Obama entered the White House, promising a new era of government, and yet, on Tuesday, it seems that that era came to a bad end.
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