White House Situation Room

In terms of command centers, the two most famous in the Tom Clancy books are the White House situation room and the National Military Command Center in the Pentagon.  Until recently, the White House situation room has never been photographed.  Two photographs, however, have surfaced recently as a result of the September 11, 2001 attacks.  Both are pictures in the conference room area and are found below. 

The National Security Council says it is a 24 hour watch center.  Various sources indicate the situation room is on one of the two acknowledged basement floors (if not deeper) in the West Wing of the White House.  Most sources seem to indicate it is a considerably smaller version of the Pentagon's Emergency Conference Room (part of the National Military Command Center). 

The first photo is of Vice President Cheney speaking to President Bush while President Bush was on the ground at Barksdale AFB after the attacks on September 11, 2001.

The second photo is of both President Bush and Vice President Cheney immediately upon the return of President Bush to the White House.

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