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JENNIFER LOVEN, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
11-11-2008

Day of firsts for Obama, White House
By JENNIFER LOVEN, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Date: 11-11-2008, Tuesday
Section: NEWS
Edtion: All Editions

WASHINGTON All smiles and compliments, President-elect Obama and his wife, Michelle, called on President Bush and first lady Laura Bush on Monday in a White House visit that was part political ritual, part practical introduction and a striking symbol of the historic transfer of power to come.

The president and Obama talked war and financial crisis. Mrs. Bush and Mrs. Obama talked about raising daughters in the nation's most famous house.

Then Obama flew back to Chicago to work on ...

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