101st Airborne makes history again

Obama meets bin Laden raiders, promises victory over al Qaeda
By the CNN Wire Staff
May 6, 2011 5:39 p.m. EDT

STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Obama promises victory over al Qaeda while addressing troops at Fort Campbell
Obama and Biden met members of the team that raided bin Laden's compound
Obama awards the Presidential Unit Citation to units involved in the mission
Pressure is growing for a U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan

Fort Campbell, Kentucky (CNN) -- President Barack Obama met Friday afternoon with members of the military team responsible for conducting the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound, and promised a war-weary nation victory over al Qaeda.

"We are ultimately going to defeat al Qaeda," the president told more than 2,300 troops who recently returned from Afghanistan. "We have cut off their head."

"Our strategy is working and there is no greater evidence of that than justice finally being delivered to Osama bin Laden," he declared. "We're still the America that does the hard things, that does the great things."

The president made his remarks at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, home to the Army's 101st Airborne Division and the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, the group that operated the helicopters used in the raid.

While at Fort Campbell, the president, along with Vice President Joe Biden, privately met with members of Navy SEAL Team 6, the unit that conducted the raid.
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Obama meets bin Laden raiders, promises victory over al Qaeda