Hillary Clinton reacts to her ‘Situation Room’ photo
May 9th, 2011 - 8:52 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, May 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Hilary Clinton says no meaning should be read into her posture as she sat in the Situation Room while the raid was taking place at the compound of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan. The US Secretary of State was among some top government officials who witnessed the whole episode unfold on a giant screen at the White House.
The image showed Hilary with her hand over her mouth. Some photography experts say her expression was the most iconic in that particular shot. They explain that the shot reflected what was taking place on the screen that she was watching.
Hilary doesn’t think so. She believes that her reaction had nothing to do at all with what was going on. She told reporters during a visit to Rome that, “Those were 38 of the most intense minutes. I have no idea what any of us were looking at that particular millisecond when the picture was taken.”
That particular shot was taken by White House photographer Pete Souza. Hilary could be seen in the image with President Barack Obama and some security advisers watching on as the raid happened.
The early Monday raid on bin Laden’s hideout in Pakistan resulted in the death of the most wanted man in the world.
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