May 01, 2011
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a.. White House
Reports: Bin Laden dead
Nearly a decade after the September 11 attacks reshaped America's politics and national security strategy, President Barack Obama was set to announce Sunday night that Osama bin Laden is dead, the New York Times and CBS reported in advance of the presidential statement.
The announcement marks, symbolically at least, the abrupt end to a period in American foreign policy that seemed best symbolized by stalemate in Libya, by the striking image of an Afghan prison guard gazing down a hole through which Taliban fighters had escaped, and by the unfortunate phrase, "leading from behind."
Bin Laden's continuing operational role is a matter of debate, and it's not clear that his death will have a large impact beyond its dramatic propaganda consequences. But for America's national security apparatus, Osama has been the white whale." And for Obama, his death appears to fulfill half of a promise made at an October, 2008 debate with Senator John McCain:
"We will kill bin Laden. We will crush al Qaeda."
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Jodi
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