Obama’s trip to White House

BARACK OBAMA will make his first visit to the White House as president-elect on Monday for talks with President George W Bush on crisis issues including Iraq and the economy, officials said.

Bush said he had directed there to be “unprecedented” cooperation between the White House and Obama before the president-elect is inaugurated on January 20.

“In the coming weeks, we will ask administration officials to brief the Obama team on ongoing policy issues ranging from the financial markets to the war in Iraq,” said Bush.