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Navy SEALs killed bin Laden 10 years ago today; Biden was against the mission
Millions of Americans around the world huddled around television sets on May 1, 2011, as then-President Barack Obama addressed the nation with major news – the Al Qaeda terrorist leader Usama bin Laden had been killed be Navy SEALs.
Millions of Americans around the world huddled around television sets on May 1, 2011, as then-President Barack Obama addressed the nation with major news – Al Qaeda leader Usama bin Laden had been killed by Navy SEALs.
That was exactly 10 years ago.
Joe Biden, Obama’s vice president at the time, had opposed the move, arguing in high-level meetings that they should wait for more additional intelligence on bin Laden’s whereabouts before greenlighting the strike.