President Obama's agenda

It's amazing to me how President Obama had conducted himself after he had given the order to initiate the operation for the capture or killing of bin Laden.  I truely believe that this will probably be the defining moment (and health care) of his Presidential career.  There have been so many reports about his schedule after he had given the order to initiate the operation. 

On Friday morning after he gave the consent, he and his wife and daughters left the White House to travel to Alabama for a tour of the hardest hit towns and neighborhoods after a tornado ripped through them a few days before.  He met with state politians and families who had lost everything in these storms.  After visiting Alabama, they boarded a plane to Florida to meet with the Democratic Representative Gabrielle Giffords and her astronaut husband Mark Kelly, who will be the shuttle commander in Endeavor's next launch.  Later that evening he delivered a commencement speech at Miami Dade College before heading back to the White House.

On Saturday, he attended the annual White House Correspondence dinner, without showing any anxieties and enjoying the evening.  He even played nine holes of golf on Sunday morning before heading back to the situation room at the White House where he would see the raid unfold live.

Below is a photo of the President and his cabinet as they watch the raid on bin Laden's compound.  I think his reaction shows what he had been hiding all weekend. 

 

I applaud President Obama for the way that he conducted himself.  I believe he acted very "presidential" and never took his focus off the citizens of the United States.  After all, isn't that why he sent out the consent for the raid? To protect and defend the American people?