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When President Barack Obama addresses the nation on Iraq tonight, his Oval Office setting will be sporting a brand new look. While the president and his family were away on vacation in Martha's Vineyard, workers installed new wallpaper, a new rug, new chairs, lamps and a coffee table. The famous bust of Winston Churchill has been removed and replaced with one of civil rights hero Martin Luther King. Officials allowed photographers their first look hours before Mr Obama was due to make a speech today. The rug - a honey-coloured carpet with the the presidential seal - has a border...