Osama bin Laden - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Osama bin Laden Index / People Transcripts Jeremy Bernard ...talked about this—but when they got [Osama] bin Laden . It was a Sunday night, and I was at ... ...me as I was coming in, “We think it's bin Laden .” I was up on the State Floor, an... ...after—I think it was the day after the bin Laden announcement, seeing the president wit... ...and that was fed to all of them, like bin Laden . But you deal with all these, i... Katie Johnson ...It was the summer. It was right after [Osama] bin Laden was killed. It was, like, two week... Rebekah Erler ...when he announced that they caught Osama bin Laden , like, this a big-deal area of th... Pete Souza ...going to do the book in sections of the [Osama] bin Laden raid, the family, national security... ...how do they verify that they have bin Laden ? Is a visual verification enough? D... ...book; a photograph that was taken of bin Laden was passed around in the Situatio... ...later. I noticed that little video of bin Laden on the TV set. Talking about th... ...there were two meetings prior to the bin Laden raid where it was a very close circl... Brian Mosteller ...fully—this is a question, like in the [Osama] bin Laden situation as that's unfolding, are yo... ...serious is happening around you? For bin Laden , I knew something was happening, bu... ...took, is, it doesn't matter if it's bin Laden . It obviously matters. It's not t... ...he didn't get to it.” You asked about bin Laden . That's the thing. Yes, I had acces... ...to be. We had actually talked about bin Laden as a day, but there's another day tha... Dan Feldman ...incidents, ultimately culminating in [Osama] bin Laden 's death in Abbottabad [Pakistan] tha... Jen Psaki ...who saved the auto industry, he killed Osama bin Laden , he's helped the economy get back o... ...fighting for you. And also, he killed Osama bin Laden , which is pretty badass, and ever... Gary Pruitt ...one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden . [Sighs] So this was a big story. A... ...to the anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden .” But here was the CIA right in th... Kēhaulani Lum ...decide how we were going to respond to Osama bin Laden . He's a man who is a peaceful man... John Cullerton ...name. Because remember: back then, “ Osama [bin Laden] ” and “Obama.” So he said, “Senato... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Healthcare Healthcare go to the Asia Rebalance Asia Rebalance go to the Education Education go to the Black Politics Black Politics go to the Science Science