May 3, 2011 at 5:00 pm

Picture of the Day: Watching History Unfold

by twistedsifter

picture of the day Picture of the Day: Watching History Unfold

 

WATCHING HISTORY UNFOLD

 

obama biden and national security team watching capture of osama bin laden Picture of the Day: Watching History Unfold
Photograph by Pete Souza for The White House

 

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, along with members of the national security team, receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House, May 1, 2011. Seated, from left, are: Brigadier General Marshall B. “Brad” Webb, Assistant Commanding General, Joint Special Operations Command; Deputy National Security Advisor Denis McDonough; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.

Standing, from left, are: Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; National Security Advisor Tom Donilon; Chief of Staff Bill Daley; Tony Binken, National Security Advisor to the Vice President; Audrey Tomason Director for Counterterrorism; John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism; and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. Please note: a classified document seen in this photograph has been obscured.

 

via The White House on Flickr