Dacasso conference pads on display during $50 million dollar renovation of The White House Situation Room

2023 renovation of The White House Situation Room

The White House conference room, where President Barack Obama and his top aides watched the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, has been dismantled as part of a just-completed major renovation of the "Situation Room" complex.

The $50 million refresh of the legendary space, which comprises an entire multiroom complex deep within the West Wing of the White House, included digging five feet below ground to make modern technological and other changes.

President Obama, Vice President Biden, Secretary of State Clinton and members of the national security team during the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.

The conference room, memorialized in a 2011 photo of US officials watching the raid on bin Laden's compound in Pakistan, where he lived after masterminding the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, was taken apart during the renovation and is being stored for use at Obama's presidential library, Gustafson said.

The Situation Room dates from the aftermath of the 1961 Bay of Pigs drama, when President John Kennedy concluded the White House needed a central location to monitor world events.

It now provides round-the-clock surveillance from a low-lit room where representatives from the intelligence community, all U.S. military branches and other agencies work 12-hour shifts watching feeds of intelligence, social media updates and video.

2007 renovation of The White House Situation Room

Our conference table pads have been in use in the White House Situation Room since the previous renovation in 2007. We are proud to outfit these most vital meetings. President's George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Joe Biden all have used our conference table pads during their terms in office and we are hoping this tradition continues for many more years to come.

Black Leather 17″ x 14″ Conference Pad

On this historic occasion, the Black Leather Conference Pad (P1010) was the choice pad for the ceremony.