A Look Back: Official Life in the White House

American Presidents have welcomed vistitors from Marie Curie to Mikhail Baryshnikov to the White House over the years

President William H. Taft prepares to open the Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition in Seattle by pressing a telegraph key in the East Room, 1909.

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The President's Trip To The Middle East March 24, 2013	March 2013: Photo of the Day March 1, 2013	On Tour for the Third Anniversary of "Let’s Move!" February 28, 2013	2013 State of the Union Address February 13, 2013
Celebrating the Third Anniversary of "Let’s Move!" February 12, 2013	Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano Visits San Diego and El Paso Border Security Operations February 11, 2013	February 2013: Photo of the Day February 1, 2013	The Inauguration of President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden January 18, 2013