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==In the wake of September 11== | ==In the wake of September 11== | ||
[[File:WhiteHouseVisitorCenterWithLauraBush.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Interior of the White House Visitors Center, April 2007. [[First Lady of the United States]] [[Laura Bush]] stands next to 51 State Eggs decorated by artists from each state and D.C.]] | [[File:WhiteHouseVisitorCenterWithLauraBush.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Interior of the White House Visitors Center, April 2007. [[First Lady of the United States]] [[Laura Bush]] stands next to 51 State Eggs decorated by artists from each state and D.C.]] | ||
Tours were suspended in the wake of the | Tours were suspended in the wake of the September 11 attacks due to [[terrorism]] concerns. In September 2003 they were resumed on a limited basis for groups making prior arrangements through their congressional representatives and submitting to [[background check]]s. They were again suspended in March 2013 during the [[Obama administration]], due to the effects of the [[Budget sequestration in 2013|ongoing budget sequestration]], but were resumed again in November 2013.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/11/05/as-white-house-tours-resume-the-obamas-surprise-visitors-with-a-personal-welcome/ | title=As White House tours resume, the Obamas surprise visitors with a personal welcome | author=Eilperin, Julie | newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] | date=November 5, 2013}}</ref> | ||
Presently, a tour of the White House must be arranged through a member of [[United States Congress|Congress]]. Reservations may be made a maximum of six months ahead of time, and the White House encourages tours be submitted as close to six months in advance as possible as tours are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. The approval and reservation system was modernized under the Obama administration.<ref name="neverheard"/> | Presently, a tour of the White House must be arranged through a member of [[United States Congress|Congress]]. Reservations may be made a maximum of six months ahead of time, and the White House encourages tours be submitted as close to six months in advance as possible as tours are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. The approval and reservation system was modernized under the Obama administration.<ref name="neverheard"/> | ||