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English: U.S. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, along with members of the national security team, receive an update on Operation Neptune's Spear, a mission against Osama bin Laden, in one of the conference rooms of the Situation Room of the White House, May 1, 2011. They are watching live feed from drones operating over the bin Laden complex.

Seated, from left to right, are:

  1. Vice President Biden,
  2. President Obama,
  3. Brigadier General Marshall B. “Brad” Webb, USAF, Assistant Commanding General, Joint Special Operations Command;

Standing, from left to right, are:

  1. Admiral Mike Mullen, USN, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff;
  2. a person in a beige shirt (only part of the shoulder is visible);
  3. a person in a black suit with a white tie, similar to the one seen here.
Note: a classified document in front of Hillary Clinton has been obscured by the White House.


Français : Le président américain Barack Obama et le vice-président Joe Biden, avec les membres du Conseil national de sécurité, dans la Situation Room de la Maison Blanche, reçoivent des informations sur le déroulement de l' opération Géronimo, une mission contre Ousama Ben Laden le 1er mai 2011.

Assis à partir de la gauche : le vice-président Biden, le président Obama, le Brigadier General Marshall B. “Brad” Webb, adjoint au commandement général du Joint Special Operations Command; le conseiller adjoint à la sécurité nationale Denis McDonough; la secrétaire d'Etat Hillary Rodham Clinton et le secrétaire à la Défense Robert Gates.

Debout, à partir de la gauche, on trouve : l'amiral Mike Mullen, Chef d'état-major des armées des États-Unis; le conseiller à la sécurité nationale Tom Donilon; le secrétaire général de la Maison Blanche Bill Daley; Tony Blinken, le conseiller à la sécurité nationale du vice-président; Audrey Tomason Directeur du contre-terrorisme; John Brennan, conseiller du Président pour la sécurité du territoire et le contre-terrorisme et le Directeur du renseignement national James Clapper.

Merci de noter qu'un document classifié et visible sur la photographie a été flouté.


Italiano: Il presidente degli Stati Uniti Barack Obama e il vice presidente Joe Biden, insieme con i membri del team di sicurezza nazionale, ricevono un aggiornamento sull' Operazione Geronimo, una missione contro Osama bin Laden, in una delle sale conferenze della Casa Bianca il 1° maggio 2011.

Seduti, da sinistra a destra, sono i seguenti:

  1. Il vicepresidente Biden,
  2. Il presidente Obama,
  3. Il generale di brigata Marshall B. "Brad" Webb, aggiunto al comando generale del Joint Special Operations Command;
  4. il vice consigliere alla sicurezza nazionale Denis McDonough,
  5. Il Segretario di Stato USA Hillary Clinton,
  6. Il Segretario della Difesa USA Robert Gates.

In piedi, da sinistra a destra, sono:

  1. L'ammiraglio Mike Mullen, Presidente del Joint Chiefs of Staff,
  2. un individuo con una camicia beige,
  3. un individuo in abito nero con una cravatta bianca.
Nota: un documento classificato e visibile in questa fotografia è stato oscurato.
Date 1 May 2011 21:05:04 UTC (1 May 2011 16:05:04 EDT)
Source White House Flickr Feed
Author
English: Pete Souza, Official White House Photographer
Français : Pete Souza, photographe officiel de la Maison Blanche
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Image title
  • President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, along with 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. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.
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  • This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House. 
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