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| Bush, Obama have a 'friendly' chat |
| Bush, Obama have a 'friendly' chat on transfer of power
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 11-November-2008
2:25:31 AM |
| Barack Obama, who will be America's first black president in ten weeks, made his first visit to the White House, his future home and office to discuss transfer of power with President George W Bush.
Bush had a "relaxed" and "friendly" meeting with Obama, who had sharply criticised what he called the president's "failed policies" during the just-ended election campaign, after he and first lady Laura Bush welcomed their successors at the historic executive mansion shortly before 2 pm.
As the first couple greeted the Obamas at the driveway on the South Lawn, the women hugged and their husbands shook hands, with Obama using the two-handed greeting common among senators, with his left hand on Bush's right arm during the handshake.
The two men were dressed almost identically in dark blue business suits, white shirts and blue ties. Laura Bush wore a brown suit and Michelle Obama a red dress.
A few minutes after the couples entered the White House together, Bush and Obama re-emerged and strolled along the colonnade past the Rose Garden to the outer entrance to the Oval Office for his first look in person at his future workplace.
Obama had never been into the storied workspace, even though he had previously visited the white-painted Aquia sandstone Georgian style building that has been the executive residence of every US president since John Adams.
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