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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President Obama Attends the NATO and U.S.-EU Summits in Lisbon, Portugal November 21, 2010	President Barack Obama at the APEC Summit November 14, 2010	President Obama at the G-20 Summit November 12, 2010	Veterans Day 2010 November 11, 2010
The President and First Lady in Indonesia November 10, 2010	The President and First Lady in India November 9, 2010	November 2010: Photo of the Day November 1, 2010	October 2010: Photo of the Day October 1, 2010