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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August 2012: Photo of the Day August 1, 2012	The Medicare Bill of 1965 July 30, 2012	The First Lady Leads The Presidential Delegation To The 2012 Olympic Games In London July 27, 2012	Behind the Scenes: June 2012 Flickr Photo Gallery July 19, 2012
White House Initiative on AAPIs Youth Briefing July 12, 2012	July 2012: Photo of the Day July 5, 2012	President Obama Views Wildfire Damage In Colorado Springs June 29, 2012	The G20 Summit In Los Cabos, Mexico June 20, 2012