President Barack Obama attends a meeting on Afghanistan in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Situation_Room" class="extiw" title="w:Situation Room">Situation Room</a> in the White House. On his left, National Security Adviser <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_L._Jones" class="extiw" title="w:James L. Jones">James L. Jones</a>, Secretary of State <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" class="extiw" title="w:Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a>, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Rice" class="extiw" title="w:Susan Rice">Susan Rice</a>, National Intelligence Director <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_C._Blair" class="extiw" title="w:Dennis C. Blair">Dennis C. Blair</a> and CIA Director <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Panetta" class="extiw" title="w:Leon Panetta">Leon Panetta</a>. To his right, Vice President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden" class="extiw" title="w:Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a>, Secretary of Defense <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gates" class="extiw" title="w:Robert Gates">Robert Gates</a> (hidden), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mullen" class="extiw" title="w:Michael Mullen">Michael Mullen</a>, White House Chief of Staff <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahm_Emanuel" class="extiw" title="w:Rahm Emanuel">Rahm Emanuel</a>.
White House (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Souza" class="extiw" title="en:Pete Souza">Pete Souza</a>) / Maison Blanche  (<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Souza" class="extiw" title="fr:Pete Souza">Pete Souza</a>)
Taken on 9 October 2009
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