Photos: Obama, National Security Team React to Bin Laden Raid

White House/ Flickr
Elspeth Reeve 11,893 Views May 2, 2011

President Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, and other key members of the national security team react to news of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden from the Situation Room Sunday, in this amazing photo posted to the White House's Flickr stream. The intense look on Obama's face is striking, as is the reaction by Clinton.The White House notes "a classified document seen in this photograph has been obscured."

Here is the full photo:

More from the clearly tense meetings:

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