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It may prove to be the defining image of Barack Obama’s presidency.

While the White House and the CIA deliberate whether to release a photo of Osama bin Laden’s body, there’s debate outside the White House on what impact such graphic images might have.

Osama bin Laden was not armed when he was shot and killed by U.S. forces in the assault on his compound in Pakistan, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Tuesday.

Well, that didn’t last long.

Although the Obama administration says Pakistan was not involved or given advance warning about the operation that killed Osama bin Laden, top U.S. officials said the al-Qaeda leader never would have been found and killed without the counter-terrorism …

As an American, my first instinct was to feel a sense of pride when I heard that the man who had masterminded the brutal terrorist attack on our country on 9/11 was finally brought to justice. As a comedian, I instantly began tweeting jokes about him. …

At the conclusion of the decade-long manhunt for the world’s most notorious terrorist, U.S. military forces are receiving well-deserved credit for a mission accomplished. The elimination of Osama bin Laden was made possible by a strong intelligence ope…

Retired CIA operations officer Charles Faddis says U.S. national interests don’t coincide with what the Pakistanis consider theirs.

On Saturday he was the comedian-in-chief, cracking jokes at the annual White House Correspondents Dinner. On Sunday he oversaw one of the riskiest special forces operations since Desert One.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was quick to suggest that the death of Osama bin Laden offered a unique opportunity for a wider settlement in a region riven by warfare and insurgency.