The caption for this photo from the White House’s Flickr photostream: “President Barack Obama looks at a map donated to the White House by the National Geographic Society, in the Oval Office, June 10, 2009.” Official photo by Pete Souza. The map in question is probably this one (affiliate link to National Geographic store).
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It’s actually a special map cabinet. National Geographic has a tradition of building one for each president.
June 29, 2009 at 11:46 AM