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Situation Room: National Security Advisor Walt Rostow showing President Lyndon B. Johnson a model of the Khe Sanh area on February 15, 1968. The Situation Room was created in 1961 [2] on the order of President John F. Kennedy after the failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion was attributed to a lack of current information.
March 3, 1984 – David Mahonski, after previously being warned to stay away from the White House for making threats against the president, was noticed in front of the south grounds of the White House by security agents who then approached him. He pulled a sawed-off shotgun from beneath his coat, and one of the agents shot him in the arm with a ...
White House Police officer Ira Lee Law, circa 1938. The White House Police Force was created on October 1, 1922, at the request of President Warren G. Harding to provide police and security services to the White House and Executive Office Building. [1] Initially the President or his appointed representative supervised the force. [2]
The White House Situation Room, the high-security complex beneath the West Wing where presidents watch history unfold and receive top-secret intelligence, has undergone a much-needed makeover for ...
House Intelligence Chairman warns of "serious national security threat" without additional details, preempting a White House briefing for congressional leaders.
The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in ... For security reasons, ...
White House national security spokesperson John Kirby answers a question during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, D.C. on December 12, 2024.
The first White House bunker was built during World War II to protect President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the event of an aerial attack on the national capital of Washington, D.C. The present-day PEOC space has modern communications equipment including televisions and phones to coordinate with outside government entities.