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<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/21/obama-eases-the-oval-offi_n_159784.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Obama Breaks Bush <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'">Jacket Rule In Oval Office
</span>Stuart Whatley
January 21, 2009 03:09 PM</a>
Following the release of the Oval Office photograph from Obama's first day, many observers have noted a distinct change from the Bush years: the new president is not wearing his jacket.
As Taegan Goddard writes, "It was a rule during the Bush administration that no one ever enter the Oval Office without a jacket."
<span style="font-weight: bold">And Politico's Ben Smith muses, "Still unclear which press staffer will be the first to show up in flip-flops."</span>
</span>Stuart Whatley
January 21, 2009 03:09 PM</a>
Following the release of the Oval Office photograph from Obama's first day, many observers have noted a distinct change from the Bush years: the new president is not wearing his jacket.
As Taegan Goddard writes, "It was a rule during the Bush administration that no one ever enter the Oval Office without a jacket."
<span style="font-weight: bold">And Politico's Ben Smith muses, "Still unclear which press staffer will be the first to show up in flip-flops."</span>
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