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The Eisenhower Executive Office Building is seen Thursday, Aug. 17, 2000 in Washington. Designed as a new home for the State, War and Navy departments in 1869, the building has since provided office space for presidential staffs.(AP Photo 8/21/2000)

One of the many stairways in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building is seen Thursday, Aug. 17, 2000 in Washington. Designed as a new home for the State, War and Navy departments in 1869, the building has since provided office space for presidential staffs. (AP Photo 8/21/2000)

The State Department Library in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building is seen Thursday, Aug. 17, 2000 in Washington. Designed as a new home for the State, War and Navy departments in 1869, the building has since provided office space for presidential staffs. (AP Photo 8/21/2000)

The Indian Treaty room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building is seen Thursday, Aug. 17, 2000 in Washington. Designed as a new home for the State, War and Navy departments in 1869, the building has since provided office space for presidential staffs. (AP Photo 8/21/2000)

Preservation officer Susan K. Brown holds a photograph of one of the rooms in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building Thursday, Aug. 17, 2000 in Washington. "The character of this building is as strong as it's structure," she said of the building originally constructed in the late 1800s to house the departments of State, War and Navy (AP Photo 8/21/2000)