The Backstory: 9/11 and the Death of Osama bin Laden
Clip: Season 2012 | 2m 28s
How 9/11 changed America and the world of journalism.
Martha Raddatz, ABC News Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent, recalls a personal conversation with her son on the night Osama bin Laden was killed. She also discusses how September 11th changed Americans and changed journalism in Washington Week's "The Backstory."
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The Backstory: 9/11 and the Death of Osama bin Laden
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Martha Raddatz, ABC News Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent, recalls a personal conversation with her son on the night Osama bin Laden was killed. She also discusses how September 11th changed Americans and changed journalism in Washington Week's "The Backstory."
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