Obama wasn't directing anything. It is clear from the White House Flickr photographs, that National Security Advisor Tom Donilon was conducting the meeting in the Situation Room. Obama glides in from the golf course, and Donilon moves aside briefly so the WH photographers can portray Obama has a latter day Hector.
President Barack Obama makes a point during one in a series of meetings in the Situation Room of the White House discussing the mission against Osama bin Laden, May 1, 2011. National Security Advisor Tom Donilon is pictured at right. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)