Editor's Note: Since U.S. President Barack Obama's met with the 14th Dalai Lama on July 16 in the Map Room, reports on the Map Room can be seen from many media. Any way, the room is a political place, not one for private talks. What’s more, it brought trouble to Obama...

The president is allowed to fundraise on the third-floor of the residential part of the White House, but the Map Room hardly qualifies as a private space. It’s where Mr. Obama just last week met with the Dalai Lama and where he was sworn into office a second time.
                                                                    -Washington Times: MILLER: White House video crime?

Employing a low-key approach, the White House has set the meeting in the White House Map Room, not the Oval Office, which is reserved for visiting heads of states.

                                            -Washington Post: Obama to meet Dalai Lama at White House Saturday

It appears the Obama video, which has been criticized by some observers for demeaning the presidency, was taped in the Map Room.

The Map Room is located on the ground floor of the White House. Obama has used it for media interviews and for a meeting with the Dalai Lama.

Most voters know the Map Room as the venue for the second Obama oath-of-office ceremony, which was conducted by Chief Justice John Roberts in January 2009 after the first ceremony was flubbed.

                                        -newsmax.com: Obama's Record Fundraising Comes Under Legal Scrutiny