President George W. Bush hosts a meeting in the Oval Office decorated with the new presidential rug on December 20, 2001. The rug, which is unique to the Bush administration, arrived earlier in the week and was unveiled to the media on Friday December 21, 2001. Members from the Office of Homeland Security and other White House staff attended the meeting. The participants included (clockwise from the bottom), President George W. Bush, Governor Tom Ridge, Dr. Condoleezza Rice, Admiral Steve Abbot, Karen Hughes, Dean McGrath, Karl Rove, Albert Hawkins, Mitch Daniels, Josh Bolten, and Andy Card. White House Photographer Paul Morse is at left. White House photo by Paul Morse.

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President George W. Bush hosts a meeting in the Oval Office decorated with the new presidential rug on December 20, 2001. The rug, which is unique to the Bush administration, arrived earlier in the week and was unveiled to the media on Friday December 21, 2001. Members from the Office of Homeland Security and other White House staff attended the meeting. The participants included (clockwise from the bottom), President George W. Bush, Governor Tom Ridge, Dr. Condoleezza Rice, Admiral Steve Abbot, Karen Hughes, Dean McGrath, Karl Rove, Albert Hawkins, Mitch Daniels, Josh Bolten, and Andy Card. White House Photographer Paul Morse is at left. White House photo by Paul Morse.