<Li> <P> Entrance to the White House Mess, decorated for Halloween . </P> </Li> <P> Entrance to the White House Mess, decorated for Halloween . </P> <P> In 1999, The West Wing television series brought greater public attention to the workings of the presidential staff, as well as to the location of those working in the West Wing . The show followed the working lives of a fictional U.S. president, Josiah Bartlet, and his senior staff . When asked whether the show accurately captured the working environment in 2003, Press Secretary Scott McClellan commented that the show portrayed more foot traffic and larger rooms than in the real West Wing . </P>

Rooms in the west wing of the white house