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The Press Briefing Room at the White House, used to be a indoor swimming pool

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The Press Briefing Room at the White House, used to be a indoor swimming pool
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In 1969, to accommodate the growing number of reporters assigned to the White House, President Richard Nixon had the indoor swimming pool, which had been installed by the March of Dimes for Franklin D. Roosevelt, covered and turned into press offices and a lounge that could double as a briefing room.[1][2]In 2000, the room was renamed the "James S. Brady Press Briefing Room" in honor of James Brady, the press secretary who was shot and permanently disabled during an assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan in 1981.[2]

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The Soviets did not know about Polaroid instant photos until Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev visited the White House in 1973.

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The Soviets did not know about Polaroid instant photos until Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev visited the White House in 1973.