What exactly is the Oval Office?
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The Oval Office is the official office of the US President. It is located in the West Wing of the White House. The oval-shaped office features three large south-facing windows behind the president's desk and a fireplace at the north end of the room.\n\nThe Oval Office has four doors: the east door opens to the Rose Garden; the west door leads to the president's private kitchen and study; the northwest door opens onto the main corridor of the West Wing; and the northeast door opens to the president's personal secretary's office. It was first built in the Taft administration and took its current form under Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
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the s.s. administration office
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The White House spokesman directly relays any & all information the President wishes to give out.\n\nThe State Department spokesman releases information & press statements concerning the State Department only.
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Hope this helps\n\nWhat year was the White House built? \n\n\nA search on "white house built" led us down the right road. A page from the Encyclopedia Americana online offered detailed information about the mansion that has housed every U.S. president since John Adams (the second U.S. president). \nAlthough he never lived there, George Washington chose the location for White House while he was in office. In 1792, Congress selected a plan submitted by architect James Hoban for a Palladian-style building. The Irish-born Hoban modeled the structure after the Leister House in Dublin. The cornerstone was laid October 13, 1792. John Adams and his wife Abigail moved into the unfinished house in 1800. Construction was ongoing until 1809, when Thomas Jefferson was the occupant. \n\nOver the years, the structure has been renovated, redesigned, and expanded a number of times, although the facade appears largely the same today as it did when it was built. After the British torched the White House during the War of 1812, it was rebuilt and enlarged. In 1901, Teddy Roosevelt arrived with his brood of six, necessitating additional room. Offices on the second floor were turned into living space, and the West Wing, which houses the presidential office and the Cabinet Room, was added. Construction on the addition was completed in 1902. The East Wing, which houses yet more offices, was built in 1942. \n\nUnfortunately, tours of the impressive and symbolic building have been cancelled until further notice due to security concerns. But you can still explore the White House online by taking a virtual tour, such as the famous one Jackie Kennedy gave to a television crew in 1962 or the current official historical tour.
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It is a place George Bush uses to rule the world! You Wacko! \n\nWhat are you doing on the internet, you should be at a gay parade or rallying for the spotted owl?
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What exactly is the question?
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Please address your question to;\n\n   The White House\n   1600 Pennsylvania Ave.\n   Washington, DC 20202
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Ummmmmmmm.   Let me think.  The WHITE HOUSE.   Ummmmmmmmm. The White House.     Ummmmmmmmm.  The White House?
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Umm...In this administration?  Nobody knows, not even the president.
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In the Politics and Government section, most of the questions are thinly-veiled rhetoric, masquerading as a legitimate "question".\n\nHave you ever watched a press conference from the White House?  Half the "questions" posed to the President are blatant posturing.  They don't qualify as questions because the question itself is worded in such a way as to imply an answer.  It would be like asking, "Do you think that pregnant female prisoners should be allowed to give birth before being executed?"\n\nOh wait..... that was a REAL question, and Al Gore said he'd have to think about it further.
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The official name of the white house is the "executive mansion" and it's present name became popular only around the Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt.\n\nThe original colour of the building was white, and the legend of it being repainted after the 1812 war to remove British burn marks is probably aprocryphal.
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Lets find out, lets elect a democratic controled congress and then we will see if he can stand the presser. I think he will fold and they will find him in the fetal position in a corner of the oval office.\n\np. s. do ovals have corners?  lol
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that is a phoney web site.  The real white house web site is www.whitehouse.gov not .org
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Whose presidency?\n\nI dunno.  I guess the common theme would be that they were elected... and they handled it by showing up for work on the first day.
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The only one who can answer that question is sitting in the Oval Office (Number 6 on your list)
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OMG, there are too many deparments and agencies to count! Just say there 15 executive departments-Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Justice, Labor, State, Transportation, Treasury, and Veterans Affairs.\n\nThe official who represents the presient to the media is Press Secretary, now Tony Snow.\n\nWritten agreements with other countries are called treaties.
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President-elect Nixon was invited by President Johnson to the While House to discuss a smooth transition of power upon Nixon winning the election in November, 1968. During their meeting in the Oval Office, President Johnson. among a hundred other things, showed Mr. Nixon his recording machine. Johnson recommend to Nixon to record important meetings and telephone conversations - to make sure no one could not miss-report any Oval Office meeting or discussions with the President. Most importantly, for historical records and to provide a honest appraisal of his presidency.\n\nwell, it worked out exactly like that...