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Adm. Mile Mullen at a Washington hearing on the budget request for the defense department.
Thursday, Jun. 16, 2011

Open quoteAs we did both seek to capture and kill — and succeed in killing — bin Laden, we certainly will do the same thing with Zawahiri.Close quote

  • MIKE MULLEN,
  • Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, after it was announced that Ayman al-Zawahiri would succeed Osama bin Laden as head of al-Qaeda
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