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RO O S E V E LT RO O M his central conference room, directly across the hall from the Oval Office, was named by Richard Nixon in 1969 to honor the contributions of two major builders of the West Wing, eodore Roosevelt who started it and Franklin D. Roosevelt who enlarged it to its present size. Portraits of both Roosevelts were placed in the room. eodore Roosevelt is also commemorated in the room by his Nobel Peace Prize, awarded in 1906 for his mediation of the Russo-Japanese War peace settlement, and his Medal of Honor, awarded posthumously in 2001 for his heroism in the Spanish-American War in 1898. Flags of the United States, the president, the vice president, and the branches of the armed forces line the south wall. Today the room is used constantly in the course of West Wing life.
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