During the second presidential debate on October 7, 2008, Barack Obama stated: "If we have Osama bin Laden in our sights and the Pakistani government is unable or unwilling to take them out, then I think we have to act and we will take them out. We will kill bin Laden; we will crush Al Qaida. That has to be our biggest national security priority."
John McCain responded that his hero Teddy Roosevelt used to say talk softly but carry a big stick. "Senator Obama likes to talk loudly," said McCain.
As it turned out, President Obama also carried a big stick. The president did indeed make the hunt for bin Laden a national security priority, and the world's most wanted terrorist was killed by a U.S. special forces unit on May 2, 2011.
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Today in 2008, Barack Obama said that Republicans "helped to engineer the distraction of the war in Iraq" when they could have been going after Osama bin Laden and others involved in 9-11.
Upon taking office in 2009, President Obama ordered national security forces to make the hunt for bin Laden a top priority. By the end of 2011, bin Laden was dead and the war in Iraq was over.
Upon taking office in 2009, President Obama ordered national security forces to make the hunt for bin Laden a top priority. By the end of 2011, bin Laden was dead and the war in Iraq was over.
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