Inside the White House Video Series
These videos give you an behind-the-scenes look at life at the White House including interviews with the Marine Sentries who guard the West Wing, a look at the ten letters President Obama reads each day and a peek at what's growing in the White House kitchen garden.
Inside The White House - Bees!
June 23, 2010 | 02:29
This beehive on the South Lawn is a first for the White House. The busy bees pollinate the kitchen garden, flora all over Washington and provide honey for the White House kitchen. Take a look at this year's colony, estimated at about 70,000 bees, and listen to how the idea for a beehive on the South Lawn came about.
Inside the White House: The Marine Sentries
December 28, 2009 | 4:05
Learn about Marines who stand sentry outside the West Wing — and their feelings towards Christmas trees.
Inside the White House: The Situation Room
December 28, 2009 | 4:48
An exclusive look inside one of the most secure spaces in the country, the White House Situation Room. December 18, 2009 (Public Domain).
Inside the White House: The Cabinet
December 11, 2009 | 5:47
President Obama and Cabinet members share their perspectives on their bimonthly meetings in this exclusive, behind-the-scenes video. December 11, 2009 (public domain)
Inside the White House: The Kitchen Garden
August 31, 2009 | 7:44
First Lady Michelle Obama and White House chef Sam Kass tell the story of the first garden on White House grounds since Eleanor Roosevelt's Victory Garden during World War II. This new garden was planted in the Spring of 2009 with the help of local elementary school children and has yielded a constant supply fresh produce for the First Family and White House events. August 8, 2009 (Public Domain)
Inside the White House: Letters to the President
August 3, 2009 | 5:55
Every day, President Obama reads ten letters from the public in order to stay in tune with America's issues and concerns. "Letters to the President" is an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the process of how those ten letters make it to the President's desk from among the tens of thousands of letters, faxes, and e-mails that flood the White House each day. August 3, 2009. (public domain)