Obama Thanks Members of US Team That Killed Bin Laden

U.S. President Barack Obama has thanked members of the elite military team involved in the raid earlier this week that killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.
The president met privately with members of the Navy SEAL team during a visit Friday to the Fort Campbell army base in the state of Kentucky. Vice President Joe Biden also met with the commandos.
In a speech later to hundreds of U.S. soldiers at Fort Campbell, Mr. Obama said he told the Navy SEALs who raided bin Laden's compound early Monday,rift gold “Job well done.”
Mr. Obama also said that because of the “incredible skill and courage” of many people, the person who led the terrorist attacks on the United States on September, 11, 2001, will never threaten the U.S. again.
President Obama gave his speech to many soldiers who recently returned from Afghanistan. He welcomed them home and commended them for their service.
Fort Campbell is home to a special U.S. Army unit that flew the SEALs to bin Laden's compound in the Pakistani town of Abbottabad, where they carried out an operation that killed the al-Qaida leader.
Also Friday, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the killing of bin Laden could be a “game-changer” for U.S. military efforts in Afghanistan. Gates said it is too early to tell, but that in six months or so, officials may know if the death has made a difference. Gates said it could affect the relationship between al-Qaida and the Taliban, noting that bin Laden and Taliban leader Mullah Omar had what the defense secretary called “a very close relationship.”
Gates said there are others in the Taliban who felt betrayed by al-Qaida because of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks,rift gold which led to the U.S. invasion that drove the Taliban from power in Afghanistan.
The White House on Friday said the U.S. is being “extremely vigilant” about possible retaliatory attacks by al-Qaida.
U.S. officials say an initial review of documents seized from bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad shows al-Qaida considered a terrorist attack against trains at an unspecified location in the United States on the 10th anniversary of the attacks.