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James S. Brady Press Briefing Room Historical Photo Essay
President Richard Nixon talks with reporters in the new Press Briefing Room April 17, 1970. The room was built over the site of Franklin Roosevelt's swimming pool.
President Richard Nixon talks with reporters in the new Press Briefing Room April 17, 1970. The room was built over the site of Franklin Roosevelt's swimming pool.
 
President George W. Bush addresses the media during a press conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room March 13, 2002. Just one day after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer answers reporters' questions, September 12, 2001.
Reporters prepare for a press conference by President Bush in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room, March 13, 2002. Homeland Security Adviser Tom Ridge holds a press conference during the anthrax scare October 22, 2001.
President Richard Nixon talks with reporters in the new Press Briefing Room April 17, 1970. The room was built over the site of Franklin Roosevelt's swimming pool. President Reagan announces the Campaign against Drug Abuse and answers questions in the White House Press Briefing Room August 4, 1986.
Reporters jump over tables in the White House to pick up press releases about the Japanese surrender, August 14, 1945. President Lyndon Johnson and General William Westmoreland speak to reporters in the "stake out" area outside the West Wing April 7, 1968.
President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush participate in the ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially open the newly renovated James S. Brady Press Briefing Room Wednesday morning, July 11, 2007, at the White House.

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