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President George W. Bush welcomed President-elect Barack Obama to the White House in their first face-to-face meeting since the election. Once inside, Laura Bush took Michelle Obama on a tour of her future residence, while the president and president-elect began to go over issues surrounding the transition of power. Bush chief of staff Josh Bolten said both men would likely have a list of issues to cover. Bolten added Bush would want to convey “his sense of how to deal with some of the most important issues of the day,” including the war in Iraq. White House Press Secretary Dana Perino echoed this sentement, saying that a smooth transition is especially important given the financial crisis.

Obama will be sworn in as President of the United States on January twentieth.

~Jeff Bayne