# Federal workers: change of secretary's  portrait with new administration?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federal-workers-change-of-secretarys-portrait-with-new-administration/401548>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 25, 2007, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federal-workers-change-of-secretarys-portrait-with-new-administration/401548 "2007-04-25T01:41:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federal-workers-change-of-secretarys-portrait-with-new-administration/401548/21 "2009-05-06T15:43:48Z")

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> [@dqa](#):
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> Bump - how soon was the new Obama portrait put up, and was it simultaneous with the incoming secretary?

There was an amusing news photo of the Bush portrait being taken down and replaced with Obama … at Guantánamo.

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**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federal-workers-change-of-secretarys-portrait-with-new-administration/401548/22 "2009-05-06T19:02:44Z")

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There’s been Obama photos up at NOAA for a month or so now. I just checked and his is the only photo up in at least 3/4 buildings here.

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