The entire West Wing will move to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in 2014. Photograph courtesy of Shutterstock.
The relocation of the Oval Office from the White House to the Eisenhower Executive
Office Building has been postponed by one year, according to a senior administration
official who is familiar with the project. “It will now be in early 2014,” he tells
us. The delay was corroborated by another person who works at the White House.
that the President would be moved out of the Oval Office for
possibly as long as a
year, while electrical wiring and other elements were upgraded.
A source said at the
time that “the whole West Wing except for the Situation Room”
would be moved to the
EEOB. The Situation Room underwent a top-to-bottom upgrade.
Had Mitt Romney won the presidency in yesterday’s national election, there was an expectation by
those overseeing the renovation project that “he wouldn’t buy into it,” said the White
House source, meaning the relocation to the EEOB. “He wouldn’t want to lose the symbolism
of the Oval Office.”
When President Obama eventually moves to the EEOB, he will use the office once known
as President Richard Nixon’s “hideaway.” It is considerably smaller than the Oval
Office. It is on a lower floor and part of a suite of other offices. Famously, it
is one of the rooms in which Nixon made surreptitious recordings of his conversations
with staff and visitors. According to the senior administration official, staffers
who currently work in the West Wing will have to be relocated to the EEOB. The popular
White House Mess, where top-level staff are served meals, which over the years have
included veggie burgers, a “lone star cowboy” steak, and Mexican dishes, also has
to be closed for repair work.
A major construction project has been underway on the White House grounds for at least
a year. Much of the work is hidden by temporary buildings and large white canopies.
President Obama Will Still Move Out of the Oval Office, but Work Is Postponed One Year
White House Sources say the planned renovations will begin in 2014.
The relocation of the Oval Office from the White House to the Eisenhower Executive
Office Building has been postponed by one year, according to a senior administration
official who is familiar with the project. “It will now be in early 2014,” he tells
us. The delay was corroborated by another person who works at the White House.
Earlier this year we reported exclusively
that the President would be moved out of the Oval Office for
possibly as long as a
year, while electrical wiring and other elements were upgraded.
A source said at the
time that “the whole West Wing except for the Situation Room”
would be moved to the
EEOB. The Situation Room underwent a top-to-bottom upgrade.
Had
Mitt Romney won the presidency in yesterday’s national election, there was an expectation by
those overseeing the renovation project that “he wouldn’t buy into it,” said the White
House source, meaning the relocation to the EEOB. “He wouldn’t want to lose the symbolism
of the Oval Office.”
When President Obama eventually moves to the EEOB, he will use the office once known
as President Richard Nixon’s “hideaway.” It is considerably smaller than the Oval
Office. It is on a lower floor and part of a suite of other offices. Famously, it
is one of the rooms in which Nixon made surreptitious recordings of his conversations
with staff and visitors. According to the senior administration official, staffers
who currently work in the West Wing will have to be relocated to the EEOB. The popular
White House Mess, where top-level staff are served meals, which over the years have
included veggie burgers, a “lone star cowboy” steak, and Mexican dishes, also has
to be closed for repair work.
A major construction project has been underway on the White House grounds for at least
a year. Much of the work is hidden by temporary buildings and large white canopies.
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