The President in the Oval Office!

[UrbScotty]

(haven't seen this posted anywhere)

[hlthe2b]

1. what a difference a day makes...

That photo sure makes me feel better...I might even sleep well tonight...(or at least a bit better)

[Cha]

9. 24 little

hours.

[hlthe2b]

13. ahh.. the great Dinah Washington.....

Remembering some great songs and "songstresses lately, first with Ms. Etta James and now, Dinah.... What an influence the class Obamas have on all of us.

[Cha]

16. Sam Cooke~

"A Change Is Gonna Come"..sang at the We Are One Concert by Bettye Lavette and Jon Bon Jovi who did it real justice~

[hlthe2b]

17. YUP,,, i aree.

I didn't know jon BOn Jovi had it in him, but I was impressed.

[Cha]

18. Me

too.

[elleng]

2. Great pic! WaPo has more!

almost too much to see and read todaY!!!!

[Lilyeye]

3. Thanks for posting! I love seeing him there.

[Minimus]

4. His desk is too clean. Why isn't he doing more work? His desk should be a cluttered mess if

he was really getting things done!11!!1!

[nichomachus]

7. Well, if they're done, they wouldn't be on his desk

It's when your desk is piled high with uncompleted work that you need to worry

[WI_DEM]

5. for the first time in 8-years I'm using the term "The President"

[hippywife]

11. Me, too!

I never once used the title in reference to the trash that occupied that office the last eight years.

[Wapsie B]

6. What a sight to see! An actual President in the Oval Office.

[kestrel91316]

8. That is the desk of a man who knows how to GET THINGS DONE.

[Gregorian]

10. Unlike Bush, he has already mastered the phone.

[Patsy Stone]

12. Here's another:

[OBrien]

14. beautiful desk...does anyone where it's from? nt

[KewlKat]

15. It looks like the one President Clinton used

President Clinton's oak desk was a gift to President Rutherford B. Hayes from Queen Victoria in 1880.

[pokerfan]

19. Yep

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resolute_desk

Presently the desk has been in the Oval Office for the past 16 years, serving Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and current president, Barack Obama.<2>