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Former President and Mrs. Bush with President and Mrs. Obama

In this photograph by Chuck Kennedy, President Barack Obama and former President George W. Bush walk side by side down the Cross Hall to a ceremony unveiling President Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush's official White House portraits. Mrs. Bush and First Lady Michelle Obama follow their husbands toward the East Room, where the ceremony took place on May 31, 2012. President and Mrs. Obama also hosted a lunch for extended members of the Bush family -- including former President George H. W. Bush and former First Lady Barbara Bush -- in the Red Room of the White House that day.
Photographer
Chuck Kennedy
Date of Work
May 31, 2012
Type
Photograph
Credit
Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy
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