Article: NEWS LITE : NAMES IN THE NEWS WHITE HOUSE TRULY IN HOT WATER NOW.(NEWS)

There are already long lines for White House tours. Will the public now queue up for a turn in the White House hot tub?

``It's a gift to the people of the United States because the people of the United States own this,'' White House spokesman Mike McCurry said Friday.

The $8,000 seven-seater was selected by President Clinton and installed near the White House swimming pool on the West Lawn in March. It was a gift, via the National Park Service, from Watkins Manufacturing, a California company.

Why the party-size tub?

The president, his wife and daughter don't need all seven seats, McCurry admitted. ``But we don't rule out the prospect ...

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