Take a Tour of President Biden's Redesigned Oval Office
Breaking Down the Symbolic Decor in President Biden's Redesigned Oval Office
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The conversation area is backdropped by portraits of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and, in the centre, Franklin D. Roosevelt. The decision to pair the paintings of political enemies Jefferson and Hamilton was a deliberate one meant to symbolize how differing opinions are "essential to democracy."