The White House Gets Solar Panels, 1979
In response to the economic crisis created by the Arab oil embargo and the nation's growing dependence on foreign oil,...
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Presidential Press Conferences
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Theodore Roosevelt Invents the Modern Presidential Vacation
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The Press at the White House: 1952-1963
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Lighting the White House
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