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Oval Office from Above
- Photographer
- Paul Morse
- Date of Work
- December 21, 2001
- Medium
- Photo
- Credit
- The White House
Oval Office from Above
Creator: Paul Morse, The White House, December 21, 2001.
Staff from the Office of Homeland Security meet with President Bush in the Oval Office. This photograph, taken from above, shows the patterned walnut and white oak floor added in 1982 by the Reagan administration. President Bush sits in a blue and white striped chair.
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