President Bush bid adieu to the old press briefing room in the White House on Wednesday — and ended up in a friendly shouting match with veteran reporter Sam Donaldson.

Bush made the surprise appearance at the conclusion of White House Press Secretary Tony Snow’s final press briefing in the decrepit room, which will be closed for a renovation that will take up to a year. Journalists will move to temporary quarters outside the White House while the room and an adjacent press work area are gutted and rebuilt.