situation room

American  

noun

1. a room at a military or political headquarters where the latest information on a military or political situation is channeled.

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Etymology

Origin of situation room

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

Completely marginalized during the administration’s Venezuela incursion, she was not even being invited to the White House Situation Room to observe the operation.

From Salon

Nearly every morning, the president meets in the Situation Room with a group of top advisers to review military options and get updates on the conflict, according to a senior administration official.

From The Wall Street Journal

To similar effect, cut-and-paste soldiers with generic names like Gonzalez and Brady populate the film as it bounces from an Alaskan Army base to the monitor-encrusted White House Situation Room to antiseptic U.S. military command centers.

From Slate

Brett Bruen, president of the Global Situation Room, a crisis communications agency, and a former diplomat with the Obama administration, acknowledged the defence secretary is a skilled communicator.

From BBC

As the New York Times’ Shawn McCreesh wrote, it “was similar to the one he wore that night last weekend when he launched the war from a makeshift situation room at Mar-a-Lago. Now, exactly one week later, he stared silently as some of the human consequences of that decision passed before his eyes.”

From Salon