Friday, May 6, 2011

Obama meets bin Laden raiders, promises victory over al Qaeda

'Fort Campbell, Kentucky (CNN) -- President Barack Obama met Friday afternoon with members of the military team responsible for conducting the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound, and promised a war-weary nation victory over al Qaeda.
"We are ultimately going to defeat al Qaeda," the president told more than 2,300 troops who recently returned from Afghanistan. "We have cut off their head."
"Our strategy is working and there is no greater evidence of that than justice finally being delivered to Osama bin Laden," he declared. "We're still the America that does the hard things, that does the great things."
The president made his remarks at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, home to the Army's 101st Airborne Division and the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, the group that operated the helicopters used in the raid....'


The CNN Wire Staff. "Obama Meets Bin Laden Raiders, Promises Victory over Al Qaeda - CNN.com." CNN.com - Breaking News, U.S., World, Weather, Entertainment & Video News. 06 May 2011. Web. 06 May 2011. <http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/05/06/bin.laden.obama/index.html?hpt=T1>.

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