What’s wrong with this photo?
Situation Room, Aug. 18, 2009 | Pete Souza/The White House via Getty Images This Aug. 18 photo looked so wrong that I had to post it. It was taken barely a week after Secretary Clinton bluntly stated at a town-hall meeting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: “My husband is not the secretary of ...
This Aug. 18 photo looked so wrong that I had to post it. It was taken barely a week after Secretary Clinton bluntly stated at a town-hall meeting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: “My husband is not the secretary of state; I am.”
Above in the White House’s Situation Room are, from left: former President Bill Clinton; Jeffrey Bader, the National Security Council’s (NSC’s) senior director for Asian affairs; deputy national security advisor Thomas Donilon; NSC advisor Gen. James L. Jones; Vice President Joseph Biden; and President Barack Obama.
Husband Bill was debriefing after this rescue mission to North Korea to secure the release of jailed American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee. Secretary Clinton said her husband provided “extremely helpful” information about the North Korean regime. She herself was unable to attend the meeting due to a scheduling conflict. Still, the photo just looks off.
Photo: Pete Souza/The White House via Getty Images
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