Hillary Clinton

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Paper Removes Secretary Of State From Iconic War Room Photo

Jon Terbush | May 9, 2011, 3:18PM

Now you see her, now you don't.

A Hasidic newspaper published a doctored version of the now-famous photo of President Obama and top advisors in the situation room as the bin Laden raid unfolded, editing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and another woman out of the image entirely.

The newspaper, Der Tzitung, erased both Clinton and Director of Counterterrorism Audrey Tomason from the iconic image, leaving two conspicuous blank spaces in the photo that ran in their Friday edition last week. According to Jewish Week, the Brooklyn-based paper removed the two women because of an editorial policy stipulating that they "will not intentionally include any images of women in the paper because it could be considered sexually suggestive."

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Topics: Der Tzitung, Hillary Clinton, Osama bin Laden