that al-qaeda is in fact alive and well and northern africa is fertile ground for this terror group. i wonder if our president and vice-president are now regretting these comments from a few short months ago. >> most of al-qaeda's top lieutenants have been defeated. >> i said i'd go after bin laden if we had a clear shot at him and i did. the goal that i set to defeat al-qaeda and deny it a chance to rebuild is now within our reach. >> thanks to air force personnel who did their part, osama bin laden is no longer a threat to our country. we've put al-qaeda on the path to defeat. >> osama bin laden is dead and general motors is alive. >> al-qaeda's on the path to defeat and osama bin laden is dead. >> al-qaeda's on the path to defeat and osama bin laden is dead. >> we've decimated al-qaeda central. we have eliminated osama bin laden. that was our purpose. >> one of the few moments in that debate where he wasn't smiling. anyway, here with reaction, liz cheney.