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The West Wing is the Official offices of the President of the United States. It is part of the White House Complex located west of it in which the Oval Office, the Cabinet Room, and the Situation Room are located. Besides serving as the day-to-day office of the President of the United States, it includes offices for senior members of the Executive Office of the President of the United States and their support staff. The West Wing is located directly west of the Executive Residence, largely concealed from view by trees, because its height is lower than the main structure.
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Aaron Sorkin's political drama "The West Wing" debuted on NBC in 1999 and quickly racked up awards, including nine Emmys in its first season. Widely considered one of the best-written and most innovative TV series of all time, the show has warmed the hearts of countless Americans with its depiction of a well-meaning Democrat administration. Season 1 introduces the White House cast of characters, headed by Martin Sheen as President Bartlet.
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The history of the West Wing dates to the early years of the White House. President Thomas Jefferson, the first full-term occupant of the White House, proposed one-story extensions to the east and west to connect the President's house with adjacent office buildings. President Jefferson's design concepts survive in part through the terraces that connect the Residence of the White House with the East and West Wings.
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On December 24, 1929, under President Hoover, the West Wing was significantly damaged by an electrical fire. In 1933 when Franklin D. Roosevelt became President, he undertook the third and final major reorganization with a new Oval Office being constructed in the southeast corner of the West Wing. The new office's location ... gave presidents greater privacy, allowing them to slip back and forth between the main White House and the West Wing without being in full view of West Wing staff. During the period, the March of Dimes constructed a swimming pool so that FDR could exercise, as therapy for his disability. Richard Nixon had the swimming pool covered over to create the Press Briefing Room, where the White House Press Secretary gives daily briefings.
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The third season opener of The West Wing aired on October 3, 2001. How do you do an issues-driven show set in the White House and ignore the most significant issue facing the United States? But how do you incorporate such unimaginable events and their tangled aftermath, and expect a news-shocked public to care about the fiction?
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Season Four of The West Wing brings new faces, new demands and many changes to the Bartlet White House. After White House Deputy Communications Director Sam Seaborn (Rob Lowe) decides to run for Congress in California, Will Bailey, played by Joshua Malina (Sports Night), steps in, and Lily Tomlin joins the cast as the president's new secretary, Debbie Fiderer. The end of the fourth season ... marks the departure of the show's creator and writer, Aaron Sorkin and series director, Thomas Schlamme, both of whom went on to win Emmys for this season.
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