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WATCH: South American Leader Does The Unexpected At The White House

The Huffington Post | Posted 06.11.2013 | Latino Voices

“I’m going to sit at the President of the United States’ desk,” said Chilean President Sebastián Piñera as he sat down at the Resolute Desk ...

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Resolute

Atiba Madyun | Posted 05.01.2013 | Politics

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This is why we look at our presidents differently when they speak from the Oval Office. Sitting behind the Resolute Desk, their words carry more weight, and we trust them more.

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Obama, Kid President Meet In Oval Office

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 04.04.2013 | Politics

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President Barack Obama finally met with Kid President, the "self-appointed voice of a generation." A video posted to YouTube on Thursday shows the ...

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Nixon: 'People Should Not Have Handguns'

AP | FREDERIC J. FROMMER | Posted 05.11.2013 | Politics

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WASHINGTON -- Few presidents in modern times have been as interested in gun control as Richard Nixon, of all people. He proposed ridding the market of...

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Second Oval Office Readied In White House Rehab Project

Real Clear Politics | Posted 02.01.2013 | Politics

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This summer there will be two Oval Offices in the White House complex, and it won’t be a case of double vision. In preparation for a major, two-y...

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Giffords, Obama Visit After Testimony

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 01.31.2013 | Politics

Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) stopped by the Oval Office after giving a moving opening testimony Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Comm...

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Obama Welcomes Make-A-Wish Cellist To Oval Office (PHOTO)

The Huffington Post | Lisa_Miller | Posted 01.29.2013 | Politics

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President Barack Obama listened to cellist and Make-A-Wish recipient Khari Joyner in the Oval Office Tuesday. White House photographer Pete Souza twee...

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Transcript of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney's Passive-Aggressive Lunch in the Oval Office

Dan Treadway | Posted 01.30.2013 | Comedy

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Barack Obama: Mitt, it's great to see you, welcome to the Oval Office! Mitt Romney: Barack, it's my pleasure. *President Obama goes in for hug* *Governor Romney goes in for fist pound*

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A Hero From Providence

Anthony Amore | Posted 05.29.2012 | World

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but haven't a large number of Americans already paid -- with their lives -- to bring freedom from zealous theocracy to the oppressed people of Afghanistan? Allow me to introduce just one.

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President May Have To Vacate Oval Office Next Year

Washingtonian | By Carol Ross Joynt | Posted 01.27.2012 | Politics

Barack Obama, Newt Gingrich, and Mitt Romney are already knee-deep in what many observers are saying could be the nastiest presidential bid in decades...

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PHOTO: President Obama's iPad Case

Posted 11.30.2011 | Technology

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President Obama's iPad apparently has a new accessory. A Thanksgiving White House photo captured the commander-in-chief sitting at his Oval Office...

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Newt Gingrich Will Be the GOP Nominee in 2012 - Bet on It

Fernando Espuelas | Posted 01.21.2012 | Politics

The Tea Partiers have found their candidate. And in these times, where the Tea Party goes, as the debate ceiling debacle showed showed the world, so goes the Republican Party. Republicans, say hello to your nominee: Newt Gingrich.

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Obama and Perry Stop Folking America

Mark Steinberg | Posted 11.14.2011 | Comedy

A quick read of President Obama's 4,000 word jobs speech to Congress on September 8 reveals that he has apparently decided there are no folks in Ame...

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Watch: Rockwell Civil Rights Painting Hung Outside Oval Office

Posted 10.25.2011 | Black Voices

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A Norman Rockwell Painting, "The Problem We All Live With," which depicts a powerful image from the civil rights struggle, has been hung outside the o...

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Is That An iPad On Obama's Desk?

The Huffington Post | Steven Hoffer | Posted 06.28.2011 | Technology

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From chatting with Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook employees to dining with Steve Jobs, Barack Obama is no stranger to the major players in Silicon Valle...

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Obama Laments Lack Of 'Cool' Phones

AP | By JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 06.15.2011 | Technology

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WASHINGTON -- Turns out President Barack Obama would like a phone upgrade. The president, in an unscripted moment with donors in Chicago, was talking...

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Why South of the Border Matters North of the Border

Rick Sanchez | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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President Obama, by going to Latin America this past week, you showed the region -- and Latinos here at home -- that we matter. Thank you for doing the right thing.

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Obama "Still Looking For Right Way" to Ask Clinton to Leave White House

Andy Borowitz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy

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Obama assumed that once the former president wrapped things up with reporters yesterday, he would say his goodbyes and depart in a waiting car, "but that kind of didn't happen," an aide said.

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Obama Agrees to Extend Republicans' Custody of His Balls

Andy Borowitz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy

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Mr. Obama said that extending Republican custody of his balls through 2012 "was like the Holy Grail for them, but I'm keeping my eyes on the North Star," adding, "I have no idea what any of that means."

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Donald Trump's Hair and the Presidency

Danny Groner | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Trump is trying to better others' lives. During an election season when everyone is saying Americans are voting squarely on jobs and nothing else, Trump is sending the right message.

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A French Oval Office: Fit for a King

Joan Z. Shore | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts

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Last week, at Paris' Biennale des Antiquaires, a venerable family of French antique dealers showed how the Oval Office would look if it were in France.

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All The Presidents' Bestsellers

AP | DOUGLASS K. DANIEL | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books

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WASHINGTON — Already in distinctive company as an American president, George W. Bush seeks to join an even more select group: president and top-...

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The Audacity of Taupe

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style

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The Obamas' redecoration of the Oval Office is very cautious, neutral, inoffensive, neither one thing nor the other -- the Audacity of Taupe. But I applaud the switch from flowers to a bowl of fruit on the new coffee table.

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Oval Office Redesign: The Audacity Of Taupe

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style

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The Oval Office has been tweaked, in a makeover orchestrated by the California decorator Michael Smith. In response, television audiences and the blog...

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