Podcast Obama White House Portraits: The Artists
The White House Historical Association commissions official portraits of the president and first lady. As is the custom, President Barack...
National Security Council meeting
- Photographer
- Pete Souza
- Date of Work
- 2009
- Credit
- White House photo by Pete Souza
National Security Council meeting
President Barack Obama at a NSC meeting in the White House Situation Room. Participants include Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General James Cartwright, Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair, White House Counsel Greg Craig, CIA Director Leon Panetta, Deputy National Security Adviser Tom Donilon, NSC Adviser General James “Jim” Jones, and Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, 2009.
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