Dec 7, 2012 — The just-released photograph shows the moment Obama received a phone call from Gov. Mitt Romney on election night.
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President Barack Obama talks on the phone with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in the Presidential Suite at the Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park. (The White House)
PHOTO: Obama Receives Concession Call From Mitt Romney
by Eyder Peralta
Dec 7, 2012 — The just-released photograph shows the moment Obama received a phone call from Gov. Mitt Romney on election night.The White House just released a picture by Pete Souza that shows President Obama taking a concession call from Gov. Mitt Romney on election day.
It shows Obama taking the call on a cellphone from the Presidential Suite at the Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park.
It reminds us of a similar photo released in January of Obama talking to the father of Jessica Buchanan. Obama was delivering the news that his daughter, captured by Somali pirates, had been rescued by Navy SEALs.
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