“How exactly will Obama get all his stuff into the White House?”

Have you ever wondered what will happen to all the belongings of a new American president? Though the subject is not of extreme importance, it is quite interesting to know what happens to the current belongings of a new American president moving into the White House, such as clothing and furniture etc. Does the process occur like a normal moving process? What happens to the belongings of the current American president? Will they receive help? These are the questions which pop into my mind when I think about the moving process of a new president.

So according to this article: http://www.slate.com/id/2208317/?GT1=38001#b, it appears that the upcoming president Obama will have to arrange its own transportation to move its belongings such as clothing, furniture etc. from Chicago to the White House. The Secret Service - an American federal governmental agency, of which one of their main duties is to protect the president, vice president etc. – will oversee the whole moving process, which will usually happen a week before the inauguration of the new president. They will escort the transportation vehicles and will screen all the belongings of the upcoming president, such as books, desks, chairs etc. before they will be allowed to enter the White House. The costs of the moving process will have to be covered by the president-elect Obama himself, either with his personal funds or the funds raised during his campaign.
Once all the belongings of the new president are all in the White House, the residence staff will take custody of it. A chief usher will be appointed to coordinate the moving day. He will provide the staff with the floor plans of the White House and photographs to indicate the position of the belongings. It takes about 6 hours to move all the stuff where it needs to be, in which the belongings of the former president will be moved out at the same time. The costs of all the process will be funded by an annual executive residence budget, drawn up by the Congress, which will also provide the First Family with a redecoration fund to buy new curtains, carpets and paintings etc.

It is quite interesting to know how the whole process will be unfolded. Even though the process might not be of national concern, it is one of the most important steps which will be taken in the early stage before the president-elect is sworn into the Office. The process will of course be just as any moving process, but which undoubtedly will cost a lot more than it normally would. Though I wish the money spent on this should have been spent on something of much more value such as college funds for students etc., it is however without question that it cannot be done differently since the moving process involves the safety of the upcoming president etc. and the White House.