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Ask CNN: Where Does the Vice President Live When He's in Office?

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CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: Today's "Ask CNN" segment has a question about the vice president.

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KRYSTI BLAND, ALPENA, MICHIGAN: Hello, my name is Krysti Bland and I'm from Alpena, Michigan. And my question is, where does the vice president live when he's in office?

BOB FRANKEN, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Krysti, it's only recently that the vice president has had an official residence. But the residence now is in Northwest Washington, a very lovely area of the city, and it's at the U.S. Naval Observatory. And when you pass the grounds, what you see is, number one, the vice president's residence, which used to be for the chief of naval operations. And then you also see some of the buildings that are associated with the observatory, a very sophisticated observatory. But that's where the Vice President lives.

And one of the regular occurrences at the last term when it was Al Gore as the vice president, he threw a Halloween party for the press every year at the vice president's residence. It was one of the most looked-forward-to social events. Of course, he also was a very active member of the administration. And many of the meetings on important subjects like U.S.-Soviet relations, U.S.-Russian relations were held at that spot as opposed to the more formal offices in the White House area or even on Capitol Hill.

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