President Obama announced the killing of Osama bin Laden at the White House on Sunday.Credit...Doug Mills/The New York Times WASHINGTON — Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the most devastating attack on American soil in modern times and the most hunted man in the world, was killed in a firefight with United States forces in Pakistan, President Obama announced on Sunday. In a late-night appearance
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