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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Vice President Joe Biden Meets With Groups To Develop Proposals On Gun Violence January 16, 2013	January 2013: Photo of the Day January 7, 2013	December 2012: Photo of the Day December 3, 2012	HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan Visits New Jersey Communities Impacted By Hurricane Sandy November 27, 2012
President Barack Obama's Trip To Asia November 21, 2012	Vice President Joe Biden Tours New Jersey After Hurricane Sandy November 20, 2012	President Barack Obama Tours Storm Damage in New York November 15, 2012	November 2012: Photo of the Day November 2, 2012