Death of Osama bin Laden
Death of Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Laden is killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in a raid led by US Navy SEALs. President Obama receives live updates in the White House Situation Room, and makes a Statement to the Nation at 11:35 p.m. Eastern Time.
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President Obama praises those Americans who carried out the operation to kill Osama bin Laden, tells the families of the victims of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks that they have never been forgotten, and calls on Americans to remember the unity of that tragic day.
President Obama praises those Americans who carried out the operation to kill Osama bin Laden, tells the families of the victims of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks that they have never been forgotten, and calls on Americans to remember the unity of that tragic day.
With members of the national security team, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House, May 1, 2011. Seated (from left): Assistant Commanding General, Joint Special Operations Command, Brigadier General Marshall B. “Brad” Webb; Deputy National Security Advisor Denis McDonough; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. Standing (from left): Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen; National Security Advisor Tom Donilon; Chief of Staff Bill Daley; National Security Advisor to the Vice President Tony Blinken; Director for Counterterrorism Audrey Tomason; Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism John Brennan; Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. Please note: a classified document seen in this photograph has been obscured. (P050111PS-0210)
With members of the national security team, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House, May 1, 2011. Seated (from left): Assistant Commanding General, Joint Special Operations Command, Brigadier General Marshall B. “Brad” Webb; Deputy National Security Advisor Denis McDonough; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. Standing (from left): Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen; National Security Advisor Tom Donilon; Chief of Staff Bill Daley; National Security Advisor to the Vice President Tony Blinken; Director for Counterterrorism Audrey Tomason; Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism John Brennan; Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. Please note: a classified document seen in this photograph has been obscured. (P050111PS-0210)
President Barack Obama edits his remarks in the Outer Oval Office prior to making a televised statement detailing the mission against Osama bin Laden, May 1, 2011. Vice President Joe Biden and Press Secretary Jay Carney are also pictured. (P050111PS-0841)