The president gave Ms Gillard an oval-shaped platter with a gold face, with an edge that is a copy of the outer-edge of the Oval Office carpet, featuring a selection of famous US political quotes.

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In 2010, a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Lincoln was hung in the Oval Office above a bust of Martin Luther King, Jr.

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