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> George W. Bush speech after capture of Saddam Hussein:
> The success of yesterday's mission is a tribute to our men and women now serving in Iraq .
> The operation was based on the superb work of intelligence analysts who found the
> dictator's footprints in a vast country. The operation was carried out with skill and precision by
> a brave fighting force. Our servicemen and women and our coalition allies have faced many
> dangers in the hunt for members of the fallen regime, and in their effort to bring hope and
> freedom to the Iraqi people. Their work continues, and so do the risks. Today, on behalf of the
> nation, I thank the members of our Armed Forces and I congratulate 'them.
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> And Now Let's hear from THE BUTT-HEAD!
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> Barack Hussein Obama speech, Sunday, May 1, 2011:
> And so shortly after taking office, I directed Leon Panetta, the director of the CIA, to
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> make the killing or capture of bin Laden the top priority of my war against al Qaeda,
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> even as I continued our broader efforts to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat his network.
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> Then, last August, after years of painstaking work by my intelligence community,
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> I was briefed on a possible lead to bin Laden. It was far from certain, and it took many
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> months to run this thread to ground. I met repeatedly with my national security team
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> as we developed more information about the possibility that we had located bin Laden
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> hiding within a compound deep inside of Pakistan . And finally, last week, I determined
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> that I had enough intelligence to take action, and I authorized an operation to get
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> Osama bin Laden and bring him to justice.
> Today, at my direction, the United States launched a targeted operation against that
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