At a dinner in the East Room of the White House tonight, President Obama broke from his expected remarks (the dinner was scheduled weeks ago) to mention the dramatic U.S. raid that led to the death of Osama bin Laden. As the president began speaking of the mission, he was interrupted by a sustained standing ovation (and a few whistles) from the Democratic and Republican members of Congress and their spouses who had been invited to the dinner (as luck would have it, in an effort to encourage bipartisanship).
“I think we experienced the same sense of unity that prevailed on 9/11,” said the president. Mr. Obama said he wanted to credit “the heroes who carried out this incredibly dangerous mission” and to members of Congress who have supported both the military and intelligence officials who made the raid possible.
The president said the capture and killing of bin Laden, like the shootings in Tucson and the deadly storms that swept the South, pull us together as “an American family.”
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