Photographer Pete Cashmore was in a room with president obama, secretary of state hilary clinton and other top officials during the bin Laden raid. He says they were essentially helpless to just watch something play out. "This was a decision that could have ended is presidency if it had not had ended well," he said.
Pete Souza has taken photographs for National Geographic, Life Magazine, and other dream outlets, leading to his ultimate subject as Chief Official White House Photographer, Barack Obama.