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LIVE. THIS IS WHERE WE SIT WITH FRIENDS BEFORE DINNER TO VISIT AND TALK. OUR BEDROOM IS RIGHT HERE.
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OUR DINING ROOM AND KITCHEN ARE RIGHT HERE. THE DINING ROOM AND KITCHEN WERE ADDED BY JACKIE KENNEDY WHEN SHE LIVED THERE. UP UNTIL THE KENNEDYS, THE...
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THESE TABLES HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE MARK ANTON BROUGHT THEM. I THINK THEY ARE GREAT LOOKING TABLES FOR THIS SPACE. NIXON WAS THE ONE WHO PAINTED THE WALLS...
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FROM WORK AND SIT IN THE WEST WINDOW, ESPECIALLY IN THE WINTER WHEN THE SUN
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COMES IN AND IT FEELS GREAT ON YOUR SHOULDERS. THIS IS WHERE I WILL COME REID LEIGHTON AFTERNOON AFTER I HAVE FINISHED MY WORK FOR THE DAY. -- WILL COME...
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FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE. WE KNEW THIS HOUSE CAN BE LIVED IN NASSAU HOME BECAUSE WE HAVE
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SEEN OUR PARENTS DO IT, -- LIVED IN AS KHATAMI HOME, BECAUSE WE HAVE SEEN OUR PARENTS DO IT. I OFTEN THINK OF PERSONAL STORIES FROM THE LIVES OF PRESIDENTS...
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OF THE OTHER FAMILIES THAT LIVED HERE. FOR INSTANCE, THE LINCOLN BEDROOM IS THE PRIME EXAMPLE OF
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FURNITURE THAT BELONGED TO PRESIDENT LINCOLN THAT WAS BOUGHT AND ORDERED BY MARY TODD LINCOLN FOR THEIR FANCY GUEST BEDROOM, SO I KNEW OF ALL THE THINGS...
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US ON THE THIRD FLOOR, WHERE THERE ARE A LOT OF LITTLE BETTER UPSTAIRS. OUR PARENTS AND FAMILY THIS VERY WEEKEND -- BARBARA BUSH AND PRESIDENT GEORGE...
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BEAUTIFUL FAMILY. IT IS IN THIS WEST CITY HALL JUST WHERE THE PRESIDENT
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| 00:07:56 |
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OR FIRST LADY MIGHT BE SITTING IN THE CHAIR BY THE TELEPHONE. WHERE THEY LOOKED AT THE MONET, AND IT IS A WONDERFUL PAINTING. I ALSO HUNG ON THE OPPOSITE...
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UP TO BE THE LINCOLN BEDROOM. WHEN LINCOLN LIVED TO THE ROOM WAS HIS OFFICE, AND AT THAT TIME
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| 00:09:26 |
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THE WEST WING WAS NOT BUILT AND THE END OF THIS HALL, THE FAR END YOU ARE LOOKING DOWN WHEN YOU LOOK DOWN THIS HALL WHERE THE OFFICES OF THE PRESIDENT...
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| 00:11:52 |
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THESE ARE BOOKS WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN AND THAT WE HAVE READ. I ALSO KNEW AMERICAN AUTHORS WOULD GIVE US BOOKS THAT WE
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WOULD BUY AND FRIENDS WOULD GIVE US BOOKS, CONTEMPORARY BEST SELLERS AS WELL AS HISTORY'S THEY COME ACROSS. FOR MY BIRTHDAY I WAS GIVEN A FIRST EDITION...
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| 00:13:16 |
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OF COURSE -- WHEN GEORGE'S DAD WAS
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PRESIDENT, AND WE HAVE STAYED IN A COUPLE OF ROOMS UPSTAIRS ON THE THIRD FLOOR ALSO. NOW OF COURSE RIGHT IN THIS PART OF THE WEST SITTING HALL, THE DOOR...
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| 00:14:13 |
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REDID THE DINING ROOM, HE WANTED THE GRAND STAIRCASE TAKEN OUT TO MAKE THE DINING ROOM BIGGER, AND WE'RE GLAD BECAUSE EVEN NOW THE DINING ROOM JUST SEATS...
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WOULD PROBABLY CORRESPOND WITH THE RED ROOM RIGHT HERE, AND THIS IS OUR LITTLE UPSTAIRS DEN. THIS
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| 00:15:02 |
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ROOM -- I DO NOT KNOW IF YOU WANT TO GO IN AND LOOK, BUT THIS ROOM IS OFTEN THE BEDROOM OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE FIRST LADY WOULD...
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| 00:15:53 |
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VERY BEAUTIFUL AND THE CHANCE TO GET TO LIVE WITH THIS KIND OF ART IS UNBELIEVABLE.
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| 00:15:57 |
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THAT IS A WHISTLER. HE DID A VERY FAMOUS SET OF NOCTURNS, AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM. THIS IS MAINE, AND IT REMINDS OF -- US OF OUR SUMMERS. >> DID YOU DO...
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THEY ARE
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AFRAID THEY DID NOT TAKE ENOUGH
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ADVANTAGE OF WASHINGTON,
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| 00:16:42 |
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AND THEY WANT TO GO TO AS MANY MUSEUMS AND SMITHSONIANS AS THEY CAN IN THE NEXT YEAR. >> HOW
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| 00:16:50 |
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MUCH OF THIS IS YOUR OWN? >> THIS IS ALL PRETTY MUCH THE WAY IT WAS
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| 00:16:54 |
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HERE. THIS HAS BEEN IN THIS SPOT WITH THE TWO FACES AS LONG AS I HAVE BEEN HERE WITH THE TABLE BELOW IT. THIS BIG SCREEN, NANCY REAGAN'S DECORATOR
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ADDED TO THE WHITE HOUSE, AND IT IS A
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WONDERFUL THING BECAUSE IT REALLY ANCHORS THIS VERY BIG HALL. WHEN THE SCREEN WAS DOWN ONE WERE REPAINTING A FEW YEARS AGO YOU COULD SEE HOW IMPORTANT...
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| 00:18:03 |
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PAINTINGS LIKE THE JACOB LAWRENCE WE JUST ACQUIRED FOR THE
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GREEN
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ROOM, AND THE WHITE HOUSE IS HISTORICAL. WE WANT OLD THINGS IN IT. WE
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LOVE THE VERY MAJOR COLLECTION OF AMERICAN FURNITURE THAT THE WHITE HOUSE BONES, FURNITURE THAT BOTH EITHER BELONG TO -- THAT THE WHITE HOUSE HAS OWNED,...
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| 00:19:18 |
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THE RED ROOM IS SO ELEGANT. WE HAD A DINNER WITH BASEBALL PLAYERS. EVERY
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| 00:19:25 |
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YEAR WE HAVE ONE DINNER WHERE THE PRESIDENT ASKED BASEBALL PLAYERS HE ADMIRES AND WANTS TO MEET. THEY ARE ONCE WE KNOW FROM THE TEXAS RANGERS DAYS....
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PEOPLE FEEL AT HOME IMMEDIATELY. THIS IS A VERY WARM HOUSE, THE WAY IT IS DECORATED, AND THE STORIES OF IT. THIS IS THE
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| 00:23:07 |
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SOUTH-FACING ROOM, AND AS YOU CAN TELL EVEN ON A COLD JANUARY DAY THE SUN POURS IN THESE BEAUTIFUL CURVED WINDOWS. THAT IS THE TRUMAN BALCONY OUT THERE...
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ALWAYS AN ENCOURAGEMENT, FOR REAL STRONG FAITH IN THE
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| 00:24:37 |
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AMERICAN PEOPLE AND OUR ABILITY TO OVERCOME CHALLENGES. CERTAINLY LINCOLN IS THE LARGER LIFE PRESIDENT, AND THE TIMES HE LIVED HERE WERE SO DIFFICULT...
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| 00:26:01 |
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CAME TO THE WHITE
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HOUSE, AND I REMEMBER WHEN THEY HAD ONE WHEN BARBARA AND GEORGE H. W. BUSH'S PORTRAITS WERE UNVEILED. >> DO YOU HAVE OF FAVORITE FIRST LADY PORTRAIT?...
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MRS. NIXON'S. SHE
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LIVED IN NEW MEXICO NOT FAR FROM MIDLAND, TEXAS, WHERE GREW UP. SHE WAS AN ARTIST WELL KNOWN IN MY PART OF TEXAS BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK HER TO DO...
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BECAUSE I KNEW HER SINCE SHE WAS FROM TEXAS AND
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ADMIRED HER ALWAYS. I WAS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS IN GRADUATE SCHOOL WHEN PRESIDENT JOHNSON DIED, AND I LINED UP WITH EVERYONE ELSE TO PAY MY RESPECTS...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.