Background Information For Opening Of New White House Press Briefing Room

The White House Historical Association’s Maria Downs put together a background briefer on the press briefing room. See it after the jump. And who wants to bet that Mark Knoller already has all of this memorized?




    1969

    President Richard M. Nixon announced closing down the White House indoor swimming pool to make room for larger press quarters. The pool would be drained and covered with flooring, to enable a future Chief Executive the option of reopening it.


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