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We hope you all are still continuing to pay attention to our dear new President Obama. Just a bit over a week of being the Pres. of the Free World, Pres. Obama is starting to make changes within and outside the White House. Over this past weekend, the President’s aides weren’t too sure how to dress. Some showed up in jeans, some in coats and ties. His predecessor Mr. Bush was very strict on dress code and always wanted his administration in formal attire. But Barack is different, when ruling this country and aiding many others, casual attire seems a bit fair.

So the president issued an informal edict for “business casual” on weekends — and set his own example. He showed up Saturday for a briefing with his chief economic adviser, Lawrence H. Summers, dressed in slacks and a gray sweater over a white buttoned-down shirt. Workers from the Bush White House were shocked.

“I’ll never forget going to work on a Saturday morning, getting called down to the Oval Office because there was something he was mad about,” said Dan Bartlett, who was counselor to Mr. Bush. “I had on khakis and a buttoned-down shirt, and I had to stand by the door and get chewed out for about 15 minutes. He wouldn’t even let me cross the threshold.”

Mr. Obama has also brought a more relaxed sensibility to his public appearances. David Gergen, an adviser to both Republican and Democratic presidents, said Mr. Obama seemed to exude an “Aloha Zen,” a kind of comfortable calm that, Mr. Gergen said, reflects a man who “seems easy going, not so full of himself.”