Trump meets Obama in post-victory visit to White House

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US President Barack Obama meets with President-elect Donald Trump to update him on transition planning in the Oval Office at the White House on November 10, 2016 in Washington,DC. / AFP / JIM WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)

US President Barack Obama meets with President-elect Donald Trump to update him on transition planning in the Oval Office at the White House on November 10, 2016 in Washington,DC.  / AFP / JIM WATSON        (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)
US President Barack Obama meets with President-elect Donald Trump to update him on transition planning in the Oval Office at the White House on November 10, 2016 in Washington,DC. / AFP / JIM WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump arrived at the South Lawn of the White House for talks with U.S. President Barack Obama on the transition of power, a White House official said on Thursday.

The men are holding a closed meeting in the Oval Office.

Trump is also to meet later with Republican congressional leaders, while vice president-elect Mike Pence meets with Vice President Joe Biden.

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Obama vowed on Wednesday to have a smooth transition between their presidencies, in spite of their “significant differences.’’

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Trump will be sworn in on Jan. 20 to take the reins of government from Obama, who is completing his constitutionally limited second four-year term.

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