he was live there and dot, department of transportation. instant analysis there if you can. it sounds like the president is trying to clean up his public fight and shift the attention to the cia. mcraven s group did the kill order. he was in charge of special operations. he executed that mission and took out bin laden. it was the intelligence community s job to find him. the cia working with dni, remember a lot of these intelligence communities were reorganized in response to anything else. it almost sounds like he s going back to blaming this on bill clinton who had his chance back in 98 for response to those embassy bombings. i think we have to wait for the dot, dot, dot. as always here when they see dot, dot, dot, you see a lot of senior officials looking at the president s twitter feed wondering what s next. thanks to the both of you for that conversation. i appreciate it.
exactly how foreign policy decisions are made usually behind closed doors, but it s now playing out in public view. as you point out, the white house keeps emphasizing how the president s decision making is very considered, very deliberative. for a long time, that s been a winning story line for the white house, because he s just so thoughtful, it s worked for them until now. you know the image. president obama deliberative, determined, the thinking man s leader. he s all alone. this is his decision. reporter: the raid on osama bin laden. president obama s careful consideration before giving the kill order became part of his re-election narrative. there was internal debate as to what the president should do. the president turns to every principal in the room, every secretary, what do you recommend i do. the president wanted to make sure at the end he had the view of all the principals. reporter: message, his process worked. i want to tell you what i ve
but one thing s for sure you don t like it. but you ve never tried it? see the problem here. tuesday will be the first anniversary of the mission that found and killed osama bin laden, a landmark event becoming a key re-election argument for the campaign. michelle floor nay was on the floor the night the kill order was given, she now co-chairs the obama s team. it s such a pleasure to see you. there have been so few women who have done what you did at the pentagon, who have become military experts and worked their way up. let me ask you about that night. we know the picture from the situation room. you re not seen in that picture which zeroed in on the principals and kept some people,
guest: well, the end game is not going to be light that of a conventional war. there will be conflict going on in afghanistan along the border with pakistan for years to come. what is invites for us to do, though, at this point, is to move us toward a status quo that minimizes the possibility of the toll ban getting a strong footing again in afghanistan and, perhaps, hosting, once again, al qaeda, but this is going to be a difficult task, the taliban is alive and well, in pakistan, and with the support of the pakistan government and that problem will not go away soon. clayton: there has been criticism of the oh bum administration during the al-awlaki killing. now we are also hearing criticism of the obama administration on the use of the drone strategics to kill him. the kill order. steady of trying to capture him,