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Brian Ross / ABCNEWS:
Top Secret Stealth Helicopter Program Revealed in Osama Bin Laden Raid: Experts — Before an elite team of U.S. Navy SEALs executed a daring raid that took down Osama bin Laden, the commandos were able to silently sneak up on their elusive target thanks to what aviation analysts said were top secret …
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Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Obama: I won't release bin Laden death photos — In an interview with Steve Kroft for this Sunday's 60 Minutes, President Obama says he won't release post-mortem images of Osama bin Laden taken to prove his death. — Video of the comments will appear on the CBS “Evening News” on Wednesday.
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Reuters:
WARNING: GRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHS OF DEATH AND INJURY BELOW — Photographs acquired by Reuters and taken about an hour after the U.S. assault on Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad in Pakistan show three dead men lying in pools of blood, but no weapons. — The photos, taken …
Steven Swinford / Telegraph:
Osama bin Laden dead: Blackout during raid on bin Laden compound — The head of the CIA admitted yesterday that there was no live video footage of the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound as further doubts emerged about the US version of events. — Leon Panetta, director of the CIA …
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Quinnipiac University:
Obama Gets 6-Point Spike After Bin Laden Dies, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; But Score On Economy And Reelection Unchanged — American voters approve 52 - 40 percent of the job President Barack Obama is doing, his highest score in almost two years and up from a 46 …
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Good Grief... Now the CIA Admits There Was “No Live Video Feed” During Osama Raid — Good Grief... The head of the CIA admitted yesterday that there was no live video footage of the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound as further doubts emerged about the US version of events.
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Wall Street Journal:
Signs Point to Pakistan Link — U.S. Probe of Aid to bin Laden Likely to Focus on Islamabad's Military and Spy Services — U.S. and European intelligence officials increasingly believe active or retired Pakistani military or intelligence officials provided some measure of aid …
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Al Tompkins / Poynter:
Reuters, AP photojournalists describe staging of Obama photo taken after TV announcement of bin Laden's death — The White House continues to debate whether to release photos showing Osama bin Laden's body. In theory, the photos would be proof to any doubters that the terrorist is dead.
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Chris Allbritton / Yahoo! News Canada:
Photos show three dead men at bin Laden raid house — ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Photographs acquired by Reuters and taken about an hour after the U.S. assault on Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad in Pakistan show three dead men lying in pools of blood, but no weapons.
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Pierre Thomas / ABCNEWS:
Navy SEALs Who Captured, Killed Osama Bin Laden Return to United States — The elite Navy SEAL fighters responsible for capturing and killing Osama bin Laden returned to the United States today. Before their return, a trove of information seized by the SEALS arrived at a FBI laboratory.
New York Times:
Account Tells of One-Sided Battle in Bin Laden Raid — WASHINGTON — President Obama decided Wednesday not to release graphic photographs of Osama bin Laden's corpse, as new details emerged about the raid on Bin Laden's fortified compound that differed from the administration's initial account of the 40-minute operation.
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Rusty Shackleford, Ph.D. / The Jawa Report:
Photo: Dead Man at bin Laden Compound Had ... WATER GUN??? (UPDATED: 2nd Photo Added) **Sticky** — Toy water gun? — Photos showing three dead bodies at Osama bin Laden's compound were sold to Reuters by a Pakistani security official. Reuters has copyrighted the pictures so won't allow us …
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Mark Halperin / Reuters:
Five Mistakes the Obama Administration Has Made in the Aftermath of Bin Laden Killing
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Spiegel Online:
Merkel Comments on Bin Laden Killing Draw Criticism
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Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
In Bin Laden's Compound, Seals' All-Star Team
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
No House resolution honoring military's bin Laden mission
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CNN:
Senators misled by likely fake bin Laden photos
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Jocelyn Noveck / Associated Press:
When a terrorist dies, is it OK to gloat?
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Thomas M. Defrank / NY Daily News:
Bush feels Obama ignoring ex-president's role in Osama Bin Laden strike for ‘victory lap’: source
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John / Power Line:
“SEALs shot bin Laden because they thought he might be reaching for a weapon”
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Spiegel Online:
‘Europeans Find the Ground Zero Celebrations Somewhat Embarrassing’
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Gene Lavanchy / Morning:
Sen. Brown's bin Laden photo gaffe
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The Note:
Congress to Examine “Inappropriate” and “Devastating” Use of “Geronimo” Codename in bin Laden Mission
Cynthia Needham / Boston Globe:
Brown admits he was fooled by fake pictures of bin Laden body
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Nicholas Ballasy / CNSNews:
Hoyer: 'There's Absolute Proof' Bin Laden's Dead, No Need to Release Death Photo
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Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Budget talks: Republicans offer to seek common ground with Democrats — Senior Republicans conceded Wednesday that a deal is unlikely on a contentious plan to overhaul Medicare and offered to open budget talks with the White House by focusing on areas where both parties can agree, such as cutting farm subsidies.
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Diane Webber / The Politico:
Eric Cantor: I'm still with Paul Ryan on Medicare
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Andrew Restuccia / The Hill:
House Democrats will force vote Thursday on repealing oil-tax subsidy
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Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Tim Pawlenty prepares for his moment — Five Republicans will share the stage in Greenville, S.C., on Thursday for the first debate of the 2012 presidential primaries. — But really, the night is all about Tim Pawlenty. — He won't have the chance to spar with top-tier rivals, since the biggest names are skipping the event.
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Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
Herman Cain Set to Win S.C. Debate
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Wall Street Journal:
GOP, White House Talk Deal on Debt — GOP leaders and the White House are discussing a deal that would enact strict deficit targets and some spending cuts to win Republican votes for lifting the ceiling on how much the federal government can borrow. — The deal would defer contentious decisions …
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The Jewish Week:
Tony Kushner Responds to CUNY Board Decision — To Chairperson Benno Schmidt and the Board of Trustees: — At the May 2 public meeting of the CUNY Board of Trustees, which was broadcast on CUNY television and radio, Trustee Jeffrey S. Weisenfeld delivered a grotesque caricature …
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Patrick Healy / New York Times:
CUNY Blocks Honor for Tony Kushner
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Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Beyond Red vs. Blue: The Political Typology — OVERVIEW — With the economy still struggling and the nation involved in multiple military operations overseas, the public's political mood is fractious. In this environment, many political attitudes have become more doctrinaire at both ends …
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Sean D. Naylor / Army Times:
Mission helo was secret stealth Black Hawk — The helicopters that flew the Navy SEALs on the mission to kill Osama bin Laden were a radar-evading variant of the special operations MH-60 Black Hawk, according to a retired special operations aviator. — The helicopter's low-observable technology …
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