White House / Bush and Obama / Transfer of Power / First Family

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CBS Evening News for Monday, Nov 10, 2008
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(Studio: Katie Couric) Report introduced.

(White House: Chip Reid) The traditional symbolic meeting at the White House of President Bush and President-elect Barack Obama featured; scenes shown from outside the White House; photo shown of the two in the Oval Office; details given about Obama's decision to reverse some Bush policies via executive order: oil drilling and stem cell research. [White House press secretary Dana PERINO - comments on their meeting.] Earlier meetings of President Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter in '80 and President Bill Clinton with George Bush in '00 and photos of some White House rooms shown. ["First Families" author Bonnie ANGELO†- talks about the solarium.] Some push back from the White House about policies Obama wants to reverse discussed.

Reporter(s):: Couric, Katie;; Reid, Chip
Duration:: 00:03:20

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