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Obama: I Was 'As Active in Planning OBL Mission As Any Other Project During My Presidency'
Business Insider ^ | May 8, 2011 | Noah Davis

Posted on 05/08/2011 6:56:57 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

60 Minutes aired the interview Steve Kroft conducted with President Obama on Wednesday at the White House in which the Commander-in-Chief discussed the successful mission to kill Osama bin Laden.

"I felt very strongly there was a strategic imperative to go after him," the President said even though he admitted they had no photograph and no direct evidence of bin Laden's presence.

The President also said he was "about as active as any project that I've been involved with since I've been President... I was not involved with designing the initial plan but each iteration they'd bring to me, make a full presentation, we would ask questions. We had multiple meetings in the Situation Room where we actually had a model of the compound and we would discuss how this operation might proceed and what various options there were."

Later, Kroft asked for the President's thoughts about the compound in Pakistan.

"I think we were surprised when we learned this compound had been there for five or six years, and it was in an area in which you would think that potentially he would attract some attention. So yes, the answer is that we were surprised that he could maintain a compound for that long without there being a tip off."

Kroft also asked about the concerns Obama before the mission....

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 60minutes; 72versions; enemedia; gutsyganda; narcissism; narcissist; narcissistinchief; obama; obamaganda; obltermination; osama; pakistan; wot
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Then, it’s a miracle it was a success. Thank God for the professionalism of the Navy Seals. Everything President Obama touches turns to shinola.


61 posted on 05/08/2011 7:42:06 PM PDT by Roy Tucker ("You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality."--Ayn Rand)
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To: Travis McGee

What is that in his hands?


62 posted on 05/08/2011 7:42:34 PM PDT by willibeaux (de ole Korean War vet age 81)
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To: FReepers
This is FreeRepublic!
TEA Party On!
Defeat Obama!


The Place for Conservatives
WooHoo!!


63 posted on 05/08/2011 7:45:14 PM PDT by RedMDer (restoration of our honor, dignity, and freedoms will save America. - Sarah Palin)
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To: Travis McGee
Very impressive score, Sir, but if we can finish planning your vacation

ROFLMAO, that has gotta be photo-shopped, but my heart says it isn't!

64 posted on 05/08/2011 7:47:38 PM PDT by PROCON (Liberals Mistake Education and Knowledge for Wisdom and Common Sense.)
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To: willibeaux; Travis McGee
What is that in his hands?

It ain't the "Nuclear Suitcase"!

IT'S A FRIGGIN GAME CONTROLLER...BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH

65 posted on 05/08/2011 7:50:05 PM PDT by PROCON (Liberals Mistake Education and Knowledge for Wisdom and Common Sense.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

So if he was as involved in OBL’s death as any other project during his stay in the white shack, he did nothing yes?


66 posted on 05/08/2011 7:50:32 PM PDT by leapfrog0202 ("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery" Sarah Palin)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Snigger


67 posted on 05/08/2011 7:50:50 PM PDT by Jemian (Obamas approval ratings are so low, Kenyans are accusing him of being born in the USA)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“There is no limit to what you can accomplish if you don’t care who gets the credit.”

- Ronald Reagan

Compare and contrast.


68 posted on 05/08/2011 7:51:18 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
What he means is, others planned and executed it, and dragged him away from the golf course for the photo op and mandatory teleprompter reading.

Freudian slip.

Cheers!

69 posted on 05/08/2011 7:52:44 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

And he also took the initiative in the creation of the Internet.


70 posted on 05/08/2011 7:53:35 PM PDT by RichInOC (Obama 2012: It's Bush's Fault My First Term Sucked.)
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To: upchuck

At the thought of that scenario, your nic becomes fact!!


71 posted on 05/08/2011 7:53:40 PM PDT by GGMac ((lesson learned re Obie: parse every sentence, every word, every gesture, every photo))
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To: willibeaux
Is you one of dem dere N’awlins’ Cajuns.

A lot more west and south of *dat*, thank the lord!

72 posted on 05/08/2011 7:55:13 PM PDT by The Cajun (Palin, Bachmann, Free Republic, Mark Levin, Rush, Hannity......Nuff said.)
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To: willibeaux

BTW Sir, thank you for your Service to Our Country!!


73 posted on 05/08/2011 7:55:31 PM PDT by PROCON (Liberals Mistake Education and Knowledge for Wisdom and Common Sense.)
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To: CT; HiTech RedNeck; upchuck; 2ndDivisionVet; Travis McGee
One really must wonder how many of the "independents" are going to be fooled by Michelle's tough new boyfriend. Next up, some lightly treading boots on the ground in Libya and a revived command and control role in the NATO airstrikes.

I have always feared that this guy planned on being a "Wartime President."

74 posted on 05/08/2011 7:56:20 PM PDT by Kenny Bunk (We live in America's "Awkward" Era. Too late to fix the country. To early to start shooting.)
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To: FreedomPoster

Bingo.

oboingo is very good at jumping in front of the parade.

bout all he’s good at.


75 posted on 05/08/2011 7:59:02 PM PDT by Texas resident (Hunkered Down)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I came away from the 60 Minutes interview with two impressions. One, Obama is indeed a narcissist and two, the media is still wearing knee pads for him.....


76 posted on 05/08/2011 8:01:33 PM PDT by Fu-fu2
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To: SERKIT
You forgot Idiocracy and Being There.
77 posted on 05/08/2011 8:03:19 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Work hard and become a leader; be lazy and never succeed. (Proverbs 12:24))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

"We had multiple meetings in the Situation Room where we actually had a model of the compound and we would discuss how this operation might proceed and what various options there were."

"Then I jammed on my helmet, made myself team leader and I led those Seals right into the compound."

"I took out Osama with a single shot."

78 posted on 05/08/2011 8:08:44 PM PDT by henbane
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To: Fu-fu2
I came away from the 60 Minutes interview with two impressions. One, Obama is indeed a narcissist and two, the media is still wearing knee pads for him.....

Oh, my, I've just finished watching it as I was FReeping, definately the MSM is still in bed with him, but it was such BS, that I think it'll hurt him with the so-called "Independents"...if they remember in November 2012...

79 posted on 05/08/2011 8:10:30 PM PDT by PROCON (Liberals Mistake Education and Knowledge for Wisdom and Common Sense.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I’m sure OBL appreciated the extra two years.


80 posted on 05/08/2011 8:15:27 PM PDT by clearcarbon
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