The Oval Office (60 images)

WAX2001122101 - 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 Bolton, and Andy Card. White House Photographer Paul Morse is at left. cc/White House/PAUL MORSE UPI

President George W. Bush nominated Harriet Miers for the Supreme Court from the Oval Office of the White House on October 3, 2005. (UPI Photo/Mathew Cavenaugh/Pool)

WAP2000021190 - 11 FEBRUARY 2000 - WASHINGTON, D.C., USA: James Brady along with wife Sarah and son Scott meet with President Clinton in the Oval Office moments before dedication of the press office in his honor, February 11. In the back are John Podesta, Bruce Reed and Joe Lockhart. rg/wv/William M. Vasta/The White House UPI

U.S. President George W. Bush sits behind his desk in the Oval Office of the White House after addressing the nation on the 5th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks on September 11, 2006. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)