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Article: A WHITE HOUSE TOUR OF TROUBLE SPOTS Bush provides Obama with an early briefing
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- November 11, 2008
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WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama took another
significant step toward assuming power yesterday when President Bush
greeted him at the White House, then gave Obama an extended, private
briefing on the myriad of challenges awaiting him when he takes
office in January.
The highly-anticipated symbolic meeting - Obama's first visit to
the Oval Office - came as Bush's public approval sank to a record
low and as Obama benefits from a hopeful public that believes he can
put a troubled nation back on track.
Neither Obama nor Bush made any public statements as they took
the traditional stroll past the columns on the White House portico,
pausing to pose for news photographers before going into ...