OBAMA: AL-QAIDA LEADER OSAMA BIN LADEN IS DEAD
White House photo by Chuck Kennedy
An intelligence-driven U.S. operation in Pakistan killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, President Barack Obama announced in a nationally televised address from the White House, May 1, 2011.
Obama Awards Medals of Honor to Korean War Soldiers
White House photo by Pete Souza
President Barack Obama awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously to Army Pfc. Anthony Kaho’ohanohano, and Army Pfc. Henry Svehla, during a White House ceremony May 2, 2011, for conspicuous gallantry during the Korean War. Svehla's sister, Dorothy Mathews, accepted the medal for her family.
Secretary Meets With Australian Foreign Affairs Minister
DOD photo by Cherie Cullen
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left center, met with Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Kevin Rudd, right center, at the Pentagon, May 2, 2011.
Gates Meets With Veterans Affairs Secretary
DOD photo by Cherie Cullen
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates met with Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki at the Veterans Affairs Department in Washington, D.C., May 2, 2011.
U.S. Troops Help Residents Remove Tornado Debris
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Katherine Dowd
U.S. troops worked to help residents of Alabama and Mississippi clean up tornado debris and sort through their belongings, April 28-30, 2011.
Marines Visit School in Helmand Province
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Colby Brown
U.S. Marines visited a school during a patrol of the Garmsir district in Afghanistan's Helmand province, April 26, 2011. The Marines, assigned to the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment were accompanied by a female engagement team to help communicate with women and children.