January 20, 2009
9:55 a.m.: Barack and Michelle Obama have arrived at the White House for their coffee with George and Laura Bush. The 43rd president and first lady greeted the Obamas, posed for photographs and then went inside. (Vice President-elect Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, arrived moments earlier.)
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