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坚决桌是英国皇家海军「坚决号」退役之後，用船上的巨木，巧制的两张书桌，分别是英国女王和美国总统的办公桌。
坚决桌有两张。一张在伦敦白金汉宫，是英国女王的办公桌。一张在白宫的椭圆形房间内，是总统的办公桌。历史十八世纪一艘名为“坚决号”的英舰在北极圈迷失了方向，一名美国人搭救了他们。后来美国国会将战舰送回英国。战舰退役后，维多利亚女王为了表达英美两国的友好取其木材打造了两张办公桌，一张送给美国。
美国白宫中的坚决桌的说明文:
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The President's Desk
Many presidents have used the Resolute desk in the Oval Office or the their study in the Residence. It was made from the timbers of HMS Resolute, an abandoned British ship discovered by an American vessel and returned to the Queen of England as a token of friendship andgoodwill. When the ship was retired, Queen Victoria commissioned the desk from William Evenden, Royal Navaldockyardat Chatham, England, and presented to President Rutherford Hayes in 1880.
The desk has twice been modified. Franklin Roosevelt had the whole desk raised on a 2 inch base to accommodate his wheelchair. He also requested that the kneehole be fitted with amodestypanel carved with the presidential seal (he preferred people not see his leg braces and often placed a waste basket in front of his desks), but he did not live to see it installed. However, President Truman like the eagle motif and had it installed when he came into office in 1945.
Every president since Hayes―except Presidents Johnson, Nixon, and Ford―has used the Resolute desk, although some chose to use it in their private study in the Residence. The desk was made famous in part by a photograph of John Kennedy at work while his son, John Jr., peeked out the front through the kneehole panel.
On the President's Desk
What the president has on his desk is often symbolic of his style and experience.Although he did not use the Resolute in the Oval Office, Harry Truman's desk was famous―he was well-known for having a plaque with a motto that read: "The buck stops here." On more than one occasion, President Truman referred to the desk sign in public statements. In an address at the National War College on December 19, 1952, Truman said, "You know, it's easy for the 'Monday morningquarterback' to say what the coach should have done, after the game is over. But when the decision is up before you―and on my desk I have a motto which says The buck stops here'―the decision has to be made." In his farewell address to the American people given in January 1953, President Truman referred to this concept in asserting that, "The President―whoever he is―has to decide. He can't pass the buck to anybody. No one else can do the deciding for him. That's his job." The other side of the sign read "I'm From Missouri," a reference to the skeptical nature of people from Truman's home state, often expressed as "I'm from Missouri―show me."
John Kennedy did use the Resolute, and his desk included a very special coconutpaperweight. While he was serving in WW2 as commander of the PT109, his boat was hit by a Japanese destroyer and his crew was stranded in the Solomon Islands. Lieutenant John F. Kennedy carved this Coconut shell with a message and gave it to two natives to deliver to the PT base at Rendova so he and his crew would be rescued. He later had the coconut shell encased in wood and plastic and used it as a paperweight on his desk in the Oval Office. The message carved on coconut shell reads "NAURO ISL…COMMANDER…NATIVE KNOWS POS'IT…HE CAN PILOT…11 ALIVE…NEED SMALL BOAT…KENNEDY".
President Reagan and President Clinton both displayed the motto "It Can Be Done" on their Oval Office desks
「坚决桌」Resolute desk，是英国皇家海军「坚决号」退役之後，用船上的巨木，巧制两张书桌，一张在白金汉宫，一张送了给美国总统放在白宫椭圆形办公室，有十多位总统用过。即是JFK Jr「爬」过的那张
「坚决桌」还复制了四张，分别放在四位前总统的总统图书馆内。
