Obama arrives at White House for first visit as president-elect RAW STORY

Published: Monday November 10, 2008





Print This Email This WASHINGTON (AFP)  Barack Obama arrived at the White House on Monday for his first visit as president-elect ahead of talks with President George W. Bush, who leaves office in January.



Just six days after he beat Republican John McCain in the presidential election, Obama, accompanied by his wife Michelle, was greeted by Bush at the South Portico of the presidential mansion, after flying in from Chicago.



"Taking a bit of prerogative, the president-elect put his left hand on Bush's back as the two couples entered the Diplomatic Reception Room," the AP noted. "Bush and Obama strolled along the Colonnade and waved for their cameras while their wives began a meeting of their own."



Obama then walked to the Oval Office -- his first visit to the president's ultimate seat of power -- accompanied by the president, whom the Democrat spent months lambasting on the campaign trail.





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