The White House (26 images)

Protesters gather in Lafayette Park near the White House to demonstrate against the Iraq War in Washington on September 15, 2007. (UPI Photo/Alexis C. Glenn)

Sen. Barack Obama, D-IL, pictured in a January 5, 2007 file photo departing the White House in Washington, announced his plans to run in the 2008 presidential election on January 16, 2007 (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg/FILES)

U.S. President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush (R) attend a children's holiday reception and performance at the White House in Washington on December 3, 2007. (UPI Photo/Yuri Gripas).

U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney is seen in an April 20, 2006 White House file photo meeting with United States Military Academy Cadets in the Vice President's Ceremonial Office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. A fire broke out at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, adjacent to the White House in Washington, on December 19, 2007, damaging the Vice President's ceremonial office. (UPI Photo/David Bohrer/White House Photo Office).