confirming that its leader osama bin laden is dead, by the way, but also saying that terror will continue. in this statement that was posted on several jihadist forums, al qaeda renewed warnings of attacks against the united states and suggested there's already a push to choose bin laden's successor. more on that later tonight. in other breaking news, there's already been another u.s. strike against one of the key al qaeda figures who could make a bid for that leadership. tonight, we learned united states military drone fired a missile within the past 48 hours in yemen aimed at the u.s. born radical, that's a picture of him there. first, we want to get you up to speed on the other latest developments. a strong statement from defense secretary robert gates saying bin laden's death could be "a game changer." that could have a major impact on the war in afghanistan. gates said that while talking with service members in north carolina. president obama was in ft.