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On the recordOctober 6, 2008
If we have Osama bin Laden in our sites and the Pakistani government is unable or unwilling to take them out, then I think that we have to act and we will take them out. We will kill Bin Laden, we will crush Al Qaeda. That has to be our biggest national security priority.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Barack Obama outlines his stance on national security and the importance of targeting Osama bin Laden.

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