The guy is watching on the one of the 2 big screens off to the side. He wants to see the President's face and not the back of his suit.
Statement by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III on the Passing of General (Ret.) Raymond T. Odierno
https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/2806479/statement-by-secretary-of-defense-lloyd-j-austin-iii-on-the-passing-of-general/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/raymond-odierno-army-general-who-commanded-iraq-dies-67-n1281172
Market Crash Linked To Odierno's Peddling Of High-Risk Financial Instruments
https://www.duffelblog.com/p/markets-crash-after-odierno-fired
UPDATE: The telecom sector saw a small surge after Comcast announced Odierno had accepted a position in their customer service department. CEO Brian Roberts told Forbes that he is "confident [Odierno] will do for our quality service team what he did for the military."
**Goes from military to banking to tech…