Presidential Emergency Operations Center

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Meeting of the National Security Council on 11 September 2001

The Presidential Emergency Operations Center ( PEOC ; other sources also say President's Emergency Operations Center ; German emergency command center of the President ) is a bunker-like room under the East Wing of the White House . It is not to be confused with the Situation Room .

It was originally built to protect President Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II .

Usage today

Today it is mainly used to protect the president, his cabinet and other high officials in dangerous situations. It is also considered the President's primary point of retreat if he is in the White House and the P-56 exclusion zone around the White House is breached or under fire.

During the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks , the PEOC became a haven for Vice President Dick Cheney , Lynne Cheney , Bush's National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice , Mary Matalin , Lewis Libby , Joshua Bolten , Karen Hughes , Stephen Hadley , David S. Addington and some Secret Service agents .

During the protests following the death of George Floyd in May 2020, President Donald Trump was in the Presidential Emergency Operations Center on the night of May 29 and for about an hour on the night of May 31 .

The PEOC in film and television