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Author of the new book PRESIDENTS OF WAR (Crown). Nine books. @NBCNews Presidential Historian. Contributor PBS @NewsHour. Williams College. Born Chicago.

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    Michael Beschloss‏Verified account @BeschlossDC 12 Apr 2017

    Franklin Roosevelt's Oval Office desk as it looked when he died in Warm Springs, this afternoon 1945: #FDRLpic.twitter.com/sNPhz1KuZE

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      1. Monte Dutton‏ @MonteDutton 12 Apr 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Cell at the ready.

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      1. BevMarie‏ @evenbev 12 Apr 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        My dad was in a german P.O.W camp then. They let the prisoners play taps and face the US "for your dead President".

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      1. cubfan826‏ @cubfan826 12 Apr 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC @greta

        My first President. My mother lived to age 88 and never referred to him as anything but President Roosevelt. Never "FDR". Never "Roosevelt".

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      1. Ali Minai‏ @barbarikon 12 Apr 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Didn't know he had a Samsung Galaxy...

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      1. can 🐝be 🐝chik 🙋🏼‏ @canbychik 12 Apr 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC @Bencjacobs

        I love peeking into the things great ppl surround themselves with...quite telling!

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      1. Terry Teachout‏Verified account @terryteachout 12 Apr 2017
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        Do you happen to know what the books are?

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      2. Lo Williams‏ @lowms 12 Apr 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        @tomwatson I love it all, except the chair! Wow. Congress should've allocated funds for a new one! 😳

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      3. J. Brent Clark‏ @JBrentClark 12 Apr 2017
        Replying to @lowms @BeschlossDC @tomwatson

        His disability explains the chair.

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      4. Lo Williams‏ @lowms 12 Apr 2017
        Replying to @JBrentClark @BeschlossDC @tomwatson

        Still...when he was away, they should've reupholstered the fabric, and restained the wood.He earned it!

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      1. Devlin Donnelly‏ @devlindonnelly 12 Apr 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Liked marble ant tchotchkes

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      1. Peggy J Cone‏ @ConePeggy 12 Apr 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        The cell phone looking item on the right might be a blotter. He sure did have lots of nic nacs on his desk😀

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      1. Marc Riggsbee‏ @riggsbeem 12 Apr 2017
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        So he didn't work there.

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      2. Nick Quiroz‏ @NllCK 12 Apr 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC @greta

        Second greatest president after Lincoln!

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      2. Judy Brandt‏ @judywbrandt 12 Apr 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC @jmeacham

        Who are the servicemen in the photo?

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      3. Bob Giles‏ @BobRDG 12 Apr 2017
        Replying to @judywbrandt @BeschlossDC @jmeacham

        I would think those are his sons.

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      2. DashMan‏ @DashMan18 12 Apr 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Is that a salt shaker?

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      2. YourTheBest‏ @EatMyRetorts 12 Apr 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC @MichaelSalfino

        I've never seen a chair that the butt cheek part is completely preserved but the ass crack is worn rugged. #knickknacks

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      3. Impulse‏ @Impulse725 12 Apr 2017
        Replying to @EatMyRetorts

        Probably where the weight from his leg braces rested.

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      4. YourTheBest‏ @EatMyRetorts 12 Apr 2017
        Replying to @Impulse725

        Probably right. All good leg braces transfer their weight to the taint

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