The Eisenhower Executive Office Building — formerly known as the Old Executive Office Building and even earlier as the State, War, and Navy Building — is a U.S. government building situated just west of the White House in the U.S. capital of Washington, D.C. Maintained by the General Services Administration, it is occupied by the Executive Office of the President, including the Office of the Vice President of the United States. Located on 17th Street NW, between Pennsylvania Avenue and New York Avenue, and West Executive Drive, the building, commissioned by Ulysses S. Grant, built between 1871 and 1888, on the site of the original 1800 War/State/Navy Building and the White House stables, in the French Second Empire style, is a National Historic Landmark. It was for years the world's largest office building, with 566 rooms and about ten acres of floor space. Many White House employees have their offices in the massive edifice.
The Treasury Building in Washington, D.C. is a National Historic Landmark building which is the headquarters of the United States Department of the Treasury. An image of the Treasury Building is featured on the back of the United States ten-dollar bill.HistoryThe East side and central wing were built between 1836 and 1842 by architect Robert Mills. The South Wing of the building, constructed from 1855 to 1861 by Ammi B. Young and Alexander H. Bowman, carried out the basic Mills scheme for such a wing. The West Wing by Isaiah Rogers, built between 1862 and 1864, and the North Wing by Alfred B. Mullett, built between 1867 and 1869, completed the building. The building suffered a fire in 1922. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1971.Civil War-era poet Walt Whitman spent much of his federal career working as a clerk in the Treasury Building. He was working at his desk the night of January 23, 1873 when he suffered a stroke, which forced him to leave Washington.Sculptor James Earle Fraser created the statue of Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury, which stands in front of the southern facade facing Alexander Hamilton Place and The Ellipse beyond, and that of Albert Gallatin, the fourth and longest serving Secretary, which stands before the northern entrance.
The West Wing of the White House, also known as the Executive Office Building, houses the offices of the President of the United States. The West Wing contains the Oval Office, the Cabinet Room, the Situation Room, and the Roosevelt Room.The West Wing's three floors contain offices for the White House Chief of Staff, the Counselor to the President, the Senior Advisor to the President, the White House Press Secretary, and their support staffs. The Vice-President has an office in the building, but his primary office is next door in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.The James S. Brady Press Briefing Room - where the Press Secretary makes announcements and gives daily briefings to reporters - is located in the West Colonnade of the White House, between the West Wing and the Executive Residence.HistoryBefore construction of the West Wing, presidential staff worked on the second floor of what is now the Executive Residence. However, when Theodore Roosevelt became President, he found that the existing offices in the Mansion were insufficient to accommodate his family as well as his staff. In 1902 he had the West Wing constructed by the New York architects McKim, Mead & White. The West Wing was originally intended as a temporary office structure, built on the site of the greenhouse and stables. The President's Office and the Cabinet Room took up the eastern third of the building. President Roosevelt's office was located approximately where the Roosevelt Room is now.
The Oval Office is the official office of the President of the United States. It is located in the West Wing of the White House Complex. The room features three large south-facing windows behind the president's desk, and a fireplace at the north end. It has four doors: the east door opens to the Rose Garden; the west door leads to a private study and dining room; the northwest door opens onto the main corridor of the West Wing; and the northeast door opens to the office of the president's secretary. Presidents generally decorate the office to suit their personal taste, choosing new furniture, new drapery, and designing their own oval-shaped carpet to take up most of the floor. Artwork is selected from the White House's own collection, or borrowed from museums for the president's term in office.Cultural historyThe Oval Office has become associated in Americans' minds with the presidency itself through memorable images, such as a young John F. Kennedy, Jr. peering through the front panel of his father's desk, President Richard Nixon speaking by telephone with the Apollo 11 astronauts during their moonwalk, and daughter Amy Carter bringing her Siamese cat Misty Malarky Ying Yang to brighten President Jimmy Carter's day.Oval Office AddressesAn Oval Office Address, the television broadcast of a formal presidential speech from the office, is rare and reserved for occasions with a sense of gravity, such as when President Kennedy presented news of the Cuban Missile Crisis, or President Richard Nixon announced his resignation on August 8, 1974, or President Ronald Reagan addressed the nation following the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster, or President George W. Bush addressed the nation on the evening of September 11, 2001.
The Veterans Health Administration is home to the United States’ largest integrated health care system consisting of 152 medical centers, nearly 1,400 community-based outpatient clinics, community living centers, Vet Centers and Domiciliaries. Together these health care facilities and the more than 53,000 independent licensed health care practitioners who work within them provide comprehensive care to more than 8.3 million* Veterans each year.
The President's Guest House, commonly known as Blair House, is a complex of four formerly separate buildings—Blair House, Lee House, Peter Parker House, and 704 Jackson Place—located in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. A major interior renovation of these 19th century residences between the 1950s and 1980s resulted in their reconstitution as a single facility.The President's Guest House is one of several residences owned by the United States government for use by the President and Vice-President of the United States; other such residences include the White House, Camp David, One Observatory Circle, the Presidential Townhouse, and Trowbridge House. The President's Guest House has been called "the world's most exclusive hotel" because it is primarily used to host visiting dignitaries and other guests of the president. It is larger than the White House and, unlike that building, is closed to the public.NameStrictly speaking, "Blair House" refers to one of four existing structures that were merged to form a single building. The U.S. State Department generally uses the name Blair House to refer to the entire facility, saying, "Blair House is the building officially known as The President's Guest House." The General Services Administration refers to the entire complex as the "President's Guest House" and uses the name Blair House to denote the historic Blair House portion of the facility.
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is an agency of more than 200 committed professionals with decades of specialized experience in trade issues and regions of the world. We negotiate directly with foreign governments to create trade agreements, to resolve disputes, and to participate in global trade policy organizations. We also meet with governments, with business groups, with legislators and with public interest groups to gather input on trade issues and to discuss the President's trade policy positions. USTR was created in 1962 and has offices in Washington, Geneva, and Brussels.
The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) coordinates Federal environmental efforts and works closely with agencies and other White House offices in the development of environmental policies and initiatives. CEQ was established within the Executive Office of the President by Congress as part of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) and additional responsibilities were provided by the Environmental Quality Improvement Act of 1970.
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Vigalante/Mercinary group made up of extraordinary individuals. We basically just find all the bad guys, take names, and kick some ass. If you have a unique power worthy to the Superf*cker organization, you can also be among us elite crimefighters. Now meet the originals... Man with the Plan: (Working Alias) My position is the Commanding General in Dumbledore's Infantry, Dumbledore being the only one I answer to. I wear a camoflauge uniform, in multiple shades of light and dark blues. My beret matches a darker shade of blue. I also wear brown boots and all my medals. My superpower is simply an unimaginably superintelligent mind. With that, I create serums and formulas for all other superpowers I may want. I always carry my Commando with the reflex sight and flamethrower attachment. Of course, the Commando is also camo blue. Using my supermind, I have developed an impervious forcefield that completely absorbs the energy from any weapon and just makes it disappear into oblivion. Umbra: My position is the Field Agent. I was tested on when I was a child and now I can break apart the cells of my body and reassemble them. So, essentially, I can walk through walls, go invisible, and teleport reasonable distances. Naturally, as a badass, I wear primarily black -- and I have an oversized katana that somehow manages to deflect bullets. Original drafts had me with a silenced pistol, but I've decided that it is much cooler to just teleport behind a guy and stab him, so no pistol. Hm. I'll be doing a fair amount of brooding, so I've got the brooding position covered. Oh! I almost forgot that I'm just as powerful as any character with mind powers because my body generates tachyons -- particles that travel backward through time, obscuring any vision of the future or any mind reading patterns. Beat that. Agent Orange: Position: The-Guy-With-The-One-Liners and general support My main ability is my Hoodie, which is an organic cloth parasite designed in a lab that can feed on organic matter and increase in size through cell and nanite reproduction and willpower. The Hoodie is not only fireproof and capable of changing structure, color, and quality based on enviroment, but it is also strong enough to keep itself intact under a barrage of bullets. If the Hoodie is torn or I am damaged, it gives me a healing factor and can repair us both by weaving itself back together. I can extend its threads to entrap, entangle, throw, and strangle my enemies. The Hoodie occasionally gets hungry, and feeds on whoever is wrapped up in it at the time. A section of cloth sepperated from me can survive for about 42 minutes, and can be programmed to do anything from suffocating an adversary in their sleep, to attatching itself to the clothing of someone else and leaving a pheromone trail that I can follow at a later time. Like the others on our team, I don't rely on my power exclusively. In my inventory is a nightstick, mace, pepperspray, jacks, a lock-pick kit, fireworks, wire cuters, barbed wire, handcuffs, , brass knuckles, various razor blades throughout my Hodie that can be thrown or just stick out to lascerate my foes, and candy. My Common Sense tingles when danger is arround, and that's pretty much it. Name: Asylum Position: Psycological warfare The name and costume says it all, dressed in a straitjacket, you know he's not in his right mind, and if you run into him, you won't be either. Not only are his sleaves stuffed full of throwing knives, he also has various tranquilizers. He has two mutant abilities, the first, being mild telepathy, allows him to both read basic emotions and vague thoughts from his enemies, and also "suggest" some ideas, ranging from falling asleep to committing suicide. His other ability is pheromone production, allowing him to speed up his mental suggestions and hypnotism. Fighting you from the inside as well as the outside, Asylum is a dangerous adversary. Name: Blacksmith Postition: Heavy Wearing a suit that could tackle a buffalo and withstand a speeding truck with minimul damage to the person inside, this teammate is the heavy weapons guy. Strapped to him are smoke grenades and flashbangs, a very large hammer, and various other weapons that can be taken off and used by his teammates. Blacksmith can be considered the suit's name, because the opperator doesn't need powers of his/her own. The suit is used only when it is needed and by any one of the Superf*ckers on a rotation list. When a heavy hitter is needed, Blacksmith is used. Name: Gator Position: Speed Fighter In hand to hand combat, Gator is unparalleled, give him a weapon, and he is unbeatable. Superior reflexes, instincts, training, and understanding of phisics allows him to turn nearly any object into a weapon of terrible efficientcy. Found when very young, he was recruited by our government to create a supersoldier. All attempts failed to improve him, but he didn't really need improving anyway.
The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States, located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. It has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800. The term White House is often used to refer to actions of the president and his advisers, as in "The White House announced that...".The house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia Creek sandstone in the Neoclassical style. When Thomas Jefferson moved into the house in 1801, he (with architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe) added low colonnades on each wing that concealed stables and storage. In 1814, during the War of 1812, the mansion was set ablaze by the British Army in the Burning of Washington, destroying the interior and charring much of the exterior. Reconstruction began almost immediately, and President James Monroe moved into the partially reconstructed Executive Residence in October 1817. Construction continued with the addition of the semi-circular South portico in 1824 and the North portico in 1829.
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