WHITE HOUSE

PICTURES: Behind-the-Scenes at President Obama's Press Conference

Richard A. Bloom

William Daley, Obama's chief of staff, looks on as the president takes questions from the media in the East Room of the White House on June 29, 2011.

Updated: June 29, 2011 | 5:18 p.m.
June 29, 2011 | 4:48 p.m.

As President Obama took questions from reporters at a midday press conference at the White House on Wednesday, most cameras were fixed on the podium in the East Room. But National Journal captured some moments from around the room, which was filled with senior staff and enough camera equipment to launch a television network.

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