President Obama’s Democratic predecessor in the White House, Bill Clinton, extended his congratulations after the death of Osama bin Laden Sunday.
“I congratulate the President, the National Security team and the members of our armed forces on bringing Osama bin Laden to justice,” Clinton said in a statement to reporters tonight.
Clinton, who left office in 2000, called the death of bin Laden “a profoundly important moment” for bin Laden’s victims as well as “people all over the world who want to build a common future of peace, freedom, and cooperation for our children.”
Read Clinton’s entire statement:
“This is a profoundly important moment not just for the families of those who lost their lives on 9/11 and in al-Qaida’s other attacks but for people all over the world who want to build a common future of peace, freedom, and cooperation for our children.
I congratulate the President, the National Security team and the members of our armed forces on bringing Osama bin Laden to justice after more than a decade of murderous al-Qaida attacks.”
