White House photo of Obama and his national security team following events in the Bin Laden operation

pwnxcore · 1 year

Anyone else notice the burn bag next to President Obama?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn_bag

swiftsam · 1 year

I always pictured these moments happening in more spacious rooms

wakaflockameme · 1 year

Who's Who in the photo

http://www.businessinsider.com/situation-room-osama-bin-laden-2011-5#heres-the-big-image-14

luc1fer12 · 1 year

This is as the events are unfolding. They had a live feed of the mission. The looks on Hillary's and Obama's faces speak volumes.

shannonmiller · 1 year

The gravity of Obama's expression is almost frightening.

Shanegentry · 1 year

Keep in mind this operation involved sending less than 30 men hundreds of miles into an unsupportive territory. Landing in the middle of a city. Assaulting a compound. Killing an entire group of people. Losing a helicopter. Recovering the body of Bin Laden. Safely evacuating all personnel including the crew of the lost helicopter. Then flying hundreds of miles to safety without being engaged by hostile forces.

ZERO FRIENDLY CASUALTIES.

comicalZombie · 1 year

http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/5680724572/sizes/o/in/photostream/

full size!

hilary's white folder - top line "top secret codeword noforn"

oryano · 1 year

The best photo of a US President I think I've ever seen. What must be going through that man's head at that moment.

pharmhand · 1 year

I can't stop looking at Hilary. She always seems so phony in public appearances, but this shows real emotion.

easternguy · 1 year

What I love most about that photo, is that if one saw it 20 years ago, and were asked "which person is the president," one might be hard pressed to answer correctly.

likepeterose · 1 year

Caption from the official photo by Pete Souza: "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. Please note: a classified document seen in this photograph has been obscured."

EDIT to point out interesting detail: the man sitting center-stage in this photo is Brigadier General Marshall B. "Brad" Webb

coelomate · 1 year

That's a powerful photo. Nice to see something about these events in this subreddit that's not a meme.

popnlochnessmonster · 1 year

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beardcycle · 1 year

I would like to know what that blurred out photo on Hilary's laptop is of.

TheKeyAndTheGate · 1 year

The SEAL team seems a bit redundant, given that Obama's stare alone probably could have killed Bin Laden.

Stratten · 1 year

I would love to be a fly on that wall.

IntergalacticTowel · 1 year

This really is an incredible photo. Obama's "this is as serious as anything can ever get" stare says it all. Hilliary's reaction is so genuine. The mass celebrations didn't do much for me, but this one image makes me a bit more proud of my nation -- at least the top-end people know this isn't a football game. That matters greatly to me.

FupaMasher · 1 year

That Air Force Brigadier General was Colonel Webb and my base commander at Hurlburt Field for a few years. Pretty awesome to see him there and have talked with him before!!!!

McDanksley · 1 year

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subtonix · 1 year

Biden looks confused and slightly drunk. You can't spring this kind of shit on him after happy-hour.

f-dapolice · 1 year

Look at Obama when he ran for office; look at the picture of him linked here.

He sits in these meetings all day, and can't talk about them - and instead has to spend his public time releasing birth certificates to satisfy reality tv show hacks. This is why his hair is now gray, he knows what you don't.

Agree with him or not, you gotta respect the presidency.

cobiddle · 1 year

I would guess that the blurred image in front of Hilary is a print-out of a satellite image of the compound where they found and killed Bin Laden. I saw a graphic of it (on Reddit) today and it's triangular in shape, just like the image in front of her. Also, the pic is grey and sandy, as I imagine an image of the compound would be.

I just want to marvel for a second of how amazing our technology is that I am in Chicago, IL and before yesterday, I didn't know that place even existed. Less than 24 hours ago, Navy Seals entered that joint, shot the world's most wanted man and I saw a map of the compound today, and a blurred aerial image of my president, a few feet away from that same image, from less than 24 hours ago. That's pretty incredible. My grandfather and my father had access to nothing like that.

Crazy.

aligatorstew · 1 year

It's interesting to see where people are sitting. The Gen Webb at the head of the table? While he's part of the Office of the Secretary of Defense. His boss (Boss's boss's boss more likely) Secretary Gates is sitting at the side of the table next to Secretary Clinton. President Obama is sitting on Gen Webb's right in a very back seat position in a much smaller chair. (no disrespect to the president, it's just an interesting dynamic. It potentially shows a humbled role that he's taking in the events) And VP Biden is sitting across from the two secretaries.

Additionally, Adm Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, doesn't even have a seat at the table?

Nothing positive or negative in those observations, just interesting to see that level of our leadership at work.

InferiousX · 1 year

If you look closely on the table, you can see Obama's wallet. It's the one that says "Bad Motherfucker" on it.

andrewsmith1986 · 1 year

I wonder if there were cams on the soldiers.

NoizeUK · 1 year

The look on Obamas face is one that knows he is gambling with lives of soldiers, real people who are putting their lives on the line. Powerful.

robertodeltoro · 1 year

I know this will be buried at the bottom and no one will ever see it, but whatever.

The most fascinating thing about this photograph, I think, is just how weird it is to see these people actually back there, in the room, doing this shit. There's a handful of very famous people in this photo, but look, we never see them like this; It's always speeches, public events, etc. It's easy to forget that the rest of the time, they really are back there, in the room, doing the shit, running the show. It highlights how bizarre the dual role national politicians end up playing is. It's very... humanizing? For some reason it all just strikes me as incredibly strange.

happywaffle · 1 year

It's not a meme...

It's not a reference to something cool we liked when we were kids...

It's not a circlejerk reference to something that was on Reddit yesterday...

It's not a joke and/or picture of text...

It's not boobs...

It's not a cute and/or deceased pet or family member...

WHAT THE HELL IS THIS DOING ON /R/PICS?!

nickbagg · 1 year

I've been reading "Game Change" and seeing SOS Clinton and President Obama seated together facing the exact moment that they debated so heatedly in the '08 election is really poignant. Both reactions are so intensely human for two political figures that are so famous for seemingly contrived public faces. Incredible photo.

Golden_Kumquat · 1 year

Advantages of being president:

You get to sit in the comfy chair instead of having to stand.

whoawhoawhoa · 1 year

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doogie92 · 1 year

They clearly don't share my office's "no coffee near the computers" rule.

tacobell · 1 year

He just moved up on my list of BAMFs.

Sevilst · 1 year

And not a single macbook was used that day.

thrillhousevanhouten · 1 year

LAN party!!!

doug3465 · 1 year

Look at Obama. So focused, so determined, I love it.

Also, Hilary. I didn't know she could actually show real, genuine, human emotion.

BananaRepublican73 · 1 year

So this is what power looks like. It's not expensive suits and limos and giant flatscreens. It's a bunch of Eyes Only-level people crowded into a tiny room, the President of the United States in a polo shirt and windbreaker, tucked away in the corner with a Whataburger bag next to him while he waits for the biggest gamble of his entire life to pay off.

What a picture.

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