Mr. Obama, who hates the cold…

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had cranked up the thermostat. So reports the New York Times in White House Unbuttons Formal Dress Code.

“He’s from Hawaii, O.K.?” said Mr. Obama’s senior adviser, David Axelrod, who occupies the small but strategically located office next door to his boss. “He likes it warm. You could grow orchids in there.”

It’s good to know that some people are able to indulge their preferences in setting the thermostat, apparently without guilt.