President Obama Monitors the bin Laden Mission

President Obama Monitors the bin Laden Mission
Pete Souza / The White House

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President Obama talks on the phone in the Oval Office before making a statement to the media about bin Laden on May 1, 2011. The President made a series of calls, including to former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton and others, to inform them of the successful mission.

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