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One cannot understate the importance of eliminating Bin Laden. He was a symbolic head of the organisation and, as we now know, an operational…

— Eric Holder

Look what happened with regard to our invasion into Afghanistan, how we apparently intentionally let bin Laden get away. That was done by the…

— Maurice Hinchey

The decision he made with Usama bin Laden was a tactical decision. It wasn't a strategic decision. The strategic decision was made by President…

— Rick Santorum

If Martin [Luther King, Jr.]'s philosophy had been embraced and lived out in Iraq and other places, we wouldn't have bin Ladens.

— Coretta Scott King

One of the main reasons America should re-elect President Obama is that he is still committed to cooperation. He appointed Republican Secretaries of Defense,…

— William J. Clinton

I think soon after I became director of the CIA - President Obama pulled me into the Oval Office and said: 'Look, I just…

— Leon Panetta

President Obama deserves our unalloyed praise for hastening Osama bin Laden's demise.

— Alexandra Petri

The United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al Qaeda and a terrorist who is responsible for…

— Barack Obama

I don't know where [Osama bin Laden] is. You know, I just don't spend that much time on him, to be honest with you.…

— George W. Bush

You would have thought that after 9/11 the president would have finished the job in Afghanistan, and kept the focus on capturing Bin Laden…

— Bill Nelson

After Mitt Romney said it would be naive to go into Pakistan to pursue the terrorists, it took President Obama, against the advice of…

— John F. Kerry

Osama bin Laden is very shrewd. But he struck me, even in 1997, as being remarkably out of touch. I remember thinking this does…

— Robert Fisk