Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the death of Osama bin Laden.
Speaking Monday from the State Department, Clinton said the nation must stay focused in its battle against global terrorism, and she reaffirmed the United States’ mission in Afghanistan and the U.S. partnership with Pakistan, where the terrorist leader was found and killed.
Continued cooperation will be just as important in the days ahead, because even as we mark this milestone, we should not forget that the battle to stop al-Qaida and its syndicate of terror will not end with the death of bin Laden," Clinton said.
She vowed to continue taking the fight to al-Qaida and their Taliban allies in Afghanistan while working to support the Afghan people as they build a stronger government and begin to take responsibility for their own security.
The Pentagon told the Associated Press that bin Laden was identified by name by his wife during the U.S. raid.
Senior U.S. officials told the AP that bin Laden's body was identified by "multiple" methods, including DNA testing and matching physical features, and that they were "99.9 percent" sure that the terrorist was killed.
Also:Vice President Biden contacted Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.); Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates called Sen. John McCain (Ariz.), the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee; and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Clinton noted that Al Qaeda’s mission of terror was not solely directed at the United States, referring to other attacks in London, Madrid, Bali and Istanbul.
Clinton, who was serving as senator from New York when the World Trade Center was destroyed by an Al Qaeda attack, closed by saying that just as the community there “pulled through” then, today the “American spirit remains as powerful as ever, and it will continue to prevail.
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