The White House Office of Strategic Initiatives is a staff unit within the Executive Office of the President of the United States established during the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush immediately following his inauguration. Its members report to the President's Senior Advisor; presently Karl Rove holds this position. The southern side of the White House The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States of America. ... The Executive Office of the President (EOP) consists of the immediate staff of the President of the United States, as well as multiple levels of support staff reporting to the President. ... The Bush administration includes President George W. Bush, Vice President Richard Cheney, Bushs Cabinet, and other select officials and advisors. ... The presidential seal was used by President Hayes in 1880 and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American businessman and politician, was elected in 2000 as the 43rd President of the United States of America, re-elected in 2004, and is currently serving his second term in that office. ... Inauguration Day is the day on which the President of the United States is sworn in and takes office. ... In the Executive Office of the President of the United States, the term Senior Advisor has been used in two diffent capacities: In the George W. Bush administration, it is a formal position, currently held by Karl Rove, in the newly created Office of the Senior Advisor. ... Karl Rove Karl Christian Rove (born December 25, 1950) is U.S. President George W. Bushs Deputy Chief of Staff, heading the Office of Political Affairs, the Office of Public Liaison, and the Office of Strategic Initiatives at the White House. ...

The office is run by the Director of Strategic Initiatives — currently Peter Wehner — who also has the title of deputy assistant to the President, and is located in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. The office's function is to focus on ideas and possible presidential actions to address issues which will contribute directly to the President's political standing. According to the National Register of Historic Places, the Eisenhower Executive Office Building (Formaly the Old Executive Office Building, a National Historic Landmark, was built in Washington, DC between 1871 and 1888. ...

External links

• Office of Strategic Initiatives, from a website of the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia