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>> TONIGHT I CAN REPORT TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE AND TO THE WORLD
THAT THE UNITED STATES HAS
CONDUCTED AN OPERATION THAT
KILLED OSAMA BIN LADEN, THE
LEADER OF AL QAEDA.
PETE: CAN YOU BELIEVE IT THAT
WAS 10 YEARS AGO TODAY WHEN
PRESIDENT OBAMA ANNOUNCED THE
U.S. HAD KILLED OSAMA BIN
LADEN AND NOW A DECADE LATER JOE
BIDEN HAS PLEDGED TO PULL ALL
TROOPS FROM AFGHANISTAN BY
SEPTEMBER, SEPTEMBER 11 BUT AL
QAEDA IS STILL PROVING TO BE A
MAJOR THREAT TO THE WEST.
THE GROUP SAYING JUST YESTERDAY,
"WAR AGAINST THE U.S. WILL BE
CONTINUING ON ALL OTHER FRONTS
UNLESS THEY ARE EXPELLED FROM
THE REST OF THE ISLAMIC WORLD."
THE FORMER NAVY SEAL WHO KILLED
OSAMA BIN LADEN 10 YEARS AGO
TODAY, ROB O’NEILL, JOINS ME NOW
ROB, GOOD MORNING.
GREAT TO SEE YOU.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY, QUITE A
DIFFERENT SCENE, YET YOU HEAR
WHAT AL QAEDA IS SAYING FIRST OF
ALL THANKS AGAIN ON BEHALF OF
THE GRATEFUL NATION FOR WHAT YOU
AND THOSE MEN DID ON THAT
EVENING 10 YEARS AGO BUT WHEN
YOU HEAR WHAT AL QAEDA IS
CONTINUING TO SAY, WHAT’S YOUR
REACTION?
>> WELL, AS ALWAYS GREAT TO
TALK WITH YOU, PETE.
TEN YEARS FLIES BY AMAZING I CAN
STILL SMELL WHAT IT WAS LIKE
GOING UP THE STAIRS IN OSAMA BIN
LADEN’S HOUSE AND IT’S NOT AS
BLACK AND WHITE AS A LOT OF
POLITICIANS TRY TO MAKE IT.
IT SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN LET’S
GO IN AND LET’S SURGE AND BUILD
SCHOOLS.
WE SHOULD HAVE KEPT A LOW
PRESENCE, IN PLACES NEAR THE
BORDER OF PAKISTAN, AND
WHERE WE CAN KEEP THE AIR FORCE
IN CASE WE NEED TO BOMB THESE
PLACES, BUT YOU KNOW, IT’S THE
YEAR OF OUR LORD 2021.
I JUST SAW A VIDEO OF A WOMAN
BEING STONED TO DEATH IN
AFGHANISTAN BECAUSE SHE TRIED TO
GET OUT OF A FORCED MARRIAGE.
LIKE I DON’T THINK WE’RE GOING
TO INSTALL DIPLOMACY IN PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
WE WANTED TO GET BIN LADEN AND
I’M REALLY HAPPY WE GOT BIN
LADEN AND WE SENT A MESSAGE WE
HAVE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WILL GO
GET YOU AND WE DID AND IT’S JUST
NOT AS SIMPLE AS KILL BIN LADEN
AND WAR IS OVER BUT WE SHOULD
HAVE HAD TROOPS OUT OF
AFGHANISTAN RIGHT AROUND 2004
WHEN THERE WAS NO SUCH
THING AS AN IED OR SUICIDE
BOMBER BUT WE WENT IN AND DID
WHAT WE ALWAYS DO, WE LOSE WARS.
PETE: [LAUGHTER]
ROB, YOU MENTIONED THE SMELL
BEING INSIDE THE HOUSE.
THE IMPACT, JUST SIT WITH ME
HERE REAL QUICK, 10 YEARS LATER,
WHAT YOU THINK THE IMPACT OF
WHAT EVENING WAS.
>> I THINK THE IMPACT WAS THERE
WILL NEVER BE CLOSURE FOR THE
PEOPLE WHO LOST SO MANY
PEOPLE ON 9/11, BUT IT DOES HELP
WITH THE HEALING PROCESS AND I
HEAR THAT FROM PEOPLE ALL THE
TIME EVERYTHING FROM FIRST
RESPONDERS TO ACTUALLY PRIESTS
THAT WERE THERE, PEOPLE WHO LOST
LOVED ONES WERE ON THE PHONE
WHEN THE PHONE WAS CUTOFF
BECAUSE OF PLANES SLAMMING INTO
THE TOWER.
AND IT’S JUST ONE OF THOSE
THINGS TOO.
I CAN’T EVEN BELIEVE IT HAPPENED
I JUST KNOW THE STORY, 10 YEARS
LATER IT’S CRAZY BUT IT NEEDED
TO BE DONE, IT NEEDED AMERICANS
THERE TO FINISH OSAMA BIN LADEN
IN HIS BEDROOM AND I WAS SO
FORTUNATE TO BE THAT GUY BUT I
WAS A MEMBER THAT ONE OF THE
MOST AMAZING TEAMS EVER
ASSEMBLED AND IT WAS NOTHING BUT
AN HONOR TO BE ASKED TO BE A
PART OF IT AND I HAVE NO REGRETS
ABOUT ANYTHING.
PETE: NO DOUBT, THE REAL DREAM
TEAM, REAL QUICK, ROB.
THE NAVY SEALS ARE SHIFTING
FOCUS FROM COUNTERTERRORISM IN
THE MIDDLE EAST TO GLOBAL
THREATS LIKE THE COMMUNIST
CHINESE IN RUSSIA.
WHAT DUE THINK ABOUT THAT
REORIENTATION?
>> WHEN WE’VE BEEN DOGGED DOWN
IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ, CHINA
AND RUSSIA WERE BUILDING UP AND
IT’S JUST SMART.
ADMIRAL HOWARD ONE OF THE FIRST
GUYS I MET IS PROBABLY ONE OF
THE FEW ADMIRALS WHO HAVE BEEN
IN THE MUD KILLING AL QAEDA
WHICH HE HAS.
HE WAS ALWAYS BIG ON CONCENTRAT
ING ON THE NEXT
RIDGELINE DON’T GET COME
COMPLACENT AND NOT UNFORTUNATELY
, BUT SOMETIMES THE
WATER GETS COLD THE NAVY
SEALS SHOULD GET BACK TO THEIR
MARITIME ROOTS BECAUSE
EVERYTHING FROM THE MANMADE
ISLANDS CHINA IS PUTTING UP IN
THE SOUTH PACIFIC, WE NEED TO BE
FASTER, MORE AGILE, THE NAVY HAS
A LOT OF STUFF AS FAR AS SMALLER
, FASTER CRAFT, I’M
NOT GOING TO GET INTO BUT
UNFORTUNATELY NAVY SEALS NEED TO
GET BACK TO THEIR ROOTS BECAUSE
EVENTUALLY IT COULD COME DOWN TO
ELECTRONICS WHERE ALL OF A
SUDDEN EVERYTHING INCLUDING YOUR
IPHONE AND GPS ARE OFF AND WE