30 October 2012 - Washington, D.C. - President Barack Obama participates in a conference call with electric utility executives to discuss the restoration of power for those who lost electricity during Hurrican Sandy, in the Situation Room of the White House, Oct. 30, 2012. John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, and Alyssa Mastromonaco, Deputy Chief of Staff for Ops, listen at right. Photo Credit: Pete Souza/White House/Sipa USA This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.