Obama thanks, awards team in bin Laden raid

[jefferson_dem]

Obama thanks, awards team in bin Laden raid
'Job well done,' president tells them during Fort Campbell visit


After private meetings with those who took part in the raid on Osama bin Laden, President Barack Obama on Friday greets troops at Fort Campbell, Ky.

FORT CAMPBELL, Kentucky — President Barack Obama on Friday was briefed by members of the team that killed Osama bin Laden, and afterward thanked and awarded them the Presidential Unit Citation, the White House said.

The award "is the highest such honor that can be given to a unit," the White House said in a statement, and was "in recognition of their extraordinary service and achievement."

The president and Vice President Joe Biden visited with team members at Fort Campbell, home to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, which participated in the raid.

During the briefing, Obama and Biden were shown maps, photos and a scale model of the compound, a senior official told NBC News.

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[bigwillq]

1. K and R (nt)

[gateley]

2. Hi, Bob! nt

[Historic NY]

3. K&R

[shireen]

4. i want to know if the dog got his treats

;)

[Laura PourMeADrink]

5. I just watched this....Amazing....He was pitch perfect. ! n/t

[jillan]

6. Wonder if this is going to be labeled another victory lap by the support our troops crowd.

[Vicar In A Tutu]

8. These must be special...

...handpicked, unpatriotic troops serving as lackeys for the thug-in-chief. Or something along those lines.

[Enthusiast]

26. You know it will.

We are dealing with spoiled children.

[Thrill]

7. Worst Photo possible for a Republican Presidential candidate

lol

[jillan]

9. And they are all different faces. Remember that pic of Bush with the troops when it was

rows of the same people over and over?

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[Parker CA]

11. Get your freep on. Pepperoni coming soon to an area near you.

[Ikonoklast]

12. Aren't you too busy writing about the Time Cube to waste any time on this?

Absolutely the most insane jumble of words I've ever seen on this website, and I've read som DUzy's.

[dionysus]

13. enjoy your brief stay.

[Buddyblazon]

14. TL;DR

Up your dosage.

[undeterred]

16. Best thing is to go back to your graduate seminar and stay put.

This kind of talk only works when you're at the bar with a few peers who are in your department. Fails bigtime in the real world.

[stevenleser]

17. I cannot decide if this post is trollish, or simply insane. Either way, IBTDP (In before the deleted

post) and IBTT (In Before The Tombstone)

[d_b]

18. brapppft

[Plucketeer]

19. We're sorry you're not here to stay

And you, you're just sorry. :thumbsdown:

[creon]

20. No

This post is arrant nonsense.

And, written by a silly troll.

[AtomicKitten]

21. Spam.

Thanks for playing!

:hi:

[nolabear]

24. Okay, I'll play. Got any sources for that shotgunned run-on set of theories?

Better hurry, though. You ain't long for the DUniverse.

[jwirr]

25. Poor little freeper - jealous as usual. You are wasting you time here

get lost.

[pitchforksandtorches]

27. Do you purchase your aluminum foil at Costco?

Just asking.

[a kennedy]

15. I didn't care to much for the soldiers standing behind him

during that speech....not one of them smiled or showed any sign of enthusiasm when the President spoke.....ugh...

[totodeinhere]

23. They are trained to suppress their emotions. But the thing that got me was how lilly white the crowd

was. The only black person I saw in the picture was president Obama.

[MessiahRp]

22. Someone has to since the House GOP refused to honor them.

Such scumbags all around.

Rp

[Catherine Vincent]

28. I hope he showed them a copy of this...