White House Situation Room Turns 50

U.S. President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, and 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. Reuters/White House/Pete Souza/Handout

White House Situation Room, 'Nerve Center' Of bin Laden Raid, RTurns 50 -- Christian Science Monitor

The White House situation room is now associated with one of President Obama's successes, but it owes its existence to JFK's great blunder.

The picture is already an icon: President Obama and his national security team, gathered around a conference table, rapt as they look at an update of the Osama bin Laden raid as it occurs.

But here’s a fun fact about that photo – the room where that team is sitting, the situation room, had an anniversary almost the same day that photo was shot. The famed White House command center is 50 years old Friday.

President Obama marked the anniversary by speaking to situation room staff.

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President Obama and Cabinent members watch as former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak delivers a televised statement, during a meeting in the Situation Room of the White House, Feb. 1, 2011. (Photo from CNN)

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