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U.S. service members on Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan watch President Barack Obama's May 2, 2011 televised address on the details of the death of Osama bin Laden, mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks against the United States.

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U.S. service members on Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan watch President Barack Obama's May 2, 2011 televised address on the details of the death of Osama bin Laden, mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks against the United States.

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