(01 of08)
Open Image ModalIn this image released by the White House and digitally altered by the source to diffuse the paper in front of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, 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, Sunday, May 1, 2011, in Washington. (credit:Pete Souza, The White House)
(02 of08)
Open Image ModalIn this image released by the White House, President Barack Obama makes a point during one in a series of meetings in the Situation Room of the White House discussing the mission against Osama bin Laden, Sunday, May 1, 2011. National Security Adviser Tom Donilon is pictured at right. (credit:Pete Souza, The White House)
(03 of08)
Open Image ModalIn this image released by the White House, President Barack Obama talks with members of the national security team at the conclusion of one in a series of meetings discussing the mission against Osama bin Laden, in the Situation Room of the White House, Sunday, May 1, 2011, in Washington. (credit:Pete Souza, The White House)
(04 of08)
Open Image ModalIn this handout image provided by The White House, President Barack Obama talks on the phone in the Oval Office before making a statement to the media about the mission against Osama bin Laden, May 1, 2011 in Washington, DC. The President made a series of calls, including to Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton and others, to inform them of the successful mission. U.S. President Barack Obama announced that the United States had killed the most-wanted terrorist Osama Bin Laden in an operation led by U.S. Special Forces at a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. (credit:Pete Souza, The White House)
(05 of08)
Open Image ModalIn this image released by the White House, President Barack Obama edits his speech in the Oval Office prior to making a televised statement detailing the mission against Osama bin Laden, Sunday, May 1, 2011, at the White House in Washington. (credit:Pete Souza, The White House)
(06 of08)
Open Image ModalIn this image released by the White House, from left, James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence, National Security Adviser Tom Donilon, CIA Director Leon Panetta, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Adm. Mike Mullen, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Vice President Joe Biden listen as President Barack Obama delivers a televised speech from the East Room at the White House in Washington on Sunday, May 1, 2011, announcing the death of Osama bin Laden. (credit:Pete Souza, The White House)
(07 of08)
Open Image ModalIn this handout image provided by The White House, President Barack Obama delivers a statement in the East Room of the White House on the mission against Osama bin Laden, May 1, 2011 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Barack Obama announced that the United States had killed the most-wanted terrorist Osama Bin Laden in an operation led by U.S. Special Forces at a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. (credit:Pete Souza, The White House)
(08 of08)
Open Image ModalIn this image released by the White House, President Barack Obama shakes hands with Adm. Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in the Green Room of the White House in Washington, following his statement detailing the mission against Osama bin Laden, Sunday May 1, 2011. CIA Director Leon Panetta, left, and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton are pictured at left. (credit:Pete Souza, The White House)