May 03 Pakistani President Denies Sheltering Bin Laden By Tom LeGro As U.S. lawmakers continue to question what Pakistan knew or did not know about the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden prior to the al-Qaida terrorist leader's death on Sunday, Pakistan's president, for his part, said any claim that his… Continue reading
May 03 President Obama Pleads for Bipartisanship in Bin Laden Aftermath By Bridget Desimone President Obama delivers remarks as House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., look on during Monday's dinner with congressional leaders. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. At Monday's previously scheduled White House dinner with congressional leaders, committee… Continue reading
May 02 World Reaction to Bin Laden Death Ranges From Caution to Glee By Larisa Epatko Reaction to Sunday's news of al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden's death was swift and celebratory in the United States, but more restrained in other places, such as Pakistan, Afghanistan and some parts of the Arab world, in recognition of security… Continue reading
May 02 Life of Bin Laden: 10 Must Reads By Tom LeGro As the world processes the news that Sept. 11 mastermind Osama bin Laden was killed in a U.S. military operation in Pakistan, we collected some of the most insightful and informative pieces of reading on the terror leader --… Continue reading
May 02 Political Checklist: Bin Laden Death Yields Political Capital for Obama By Quinn Bowman // A day after the dramatic announcement that U.S. forces had killed Osama bin Laden, the world's most-wanted terrorist, David Chalian, Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff assess how the news could impact President Obama's political standing. The team agrees… Continue reading
May 02 Bin Laden Is Dead: Updates, Reaction and Analysis By News Desk Updated 9:10 p.m. ET | On tonight's program, Ray Suarez reports on reactions to Osama bin Laden's death. Special correspondent Saima Mohsin reports from Abbottabad, Pakistan, on locals' amazement that the world's most wanted man was living in… Continue reading
May 02 Look Inside Osama Bin Laden’s Abbottabad Compound By News Desk Ahead of a Monday morning briefing about the operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the U.S. government released some graphics that shed new light on the compound where the most-wanted terrorist had been hiding for years. Here's an illustration… Continue reading
May 02 The Politics of the Killing of Bin Laden By David Chalian In an address from the White House, President Obama said that Osama bin Laden has been killed. Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Bloomberg. It will take days, if not a few weeks, for the full political impact of President Obama's announcement that… Continue reading
May 01 Osama Bin Laden Killed in Pakistan, President Obama Says By News Desk Osama bin Laden seen in an undated photo taken from a television image (Photo by Getty Images) Updated 10 a.m. ET, May 2 For more updates, reaction and analysis on bin Laden's death, follow our live blog here. Updated… Continue reading