Is that Teddy Roosevelt as a Rough Rider behind the President? If so, they must have dug it up out of a basement closet after clinton finished rearranging the furniture. Somehow I don't see that painting as a background for any recent Democrat.
Yes, that sure is TR: another of my favorite presidents! It seems to me that there is a tradition among administrations that when a Republican is occupying the White House, this one is displayed, and when "those other people" are in residence, FDR's portrait goes up.
Thanks for the great photos, rintense!