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Laden but a record number of predator drone strikes, three times as many as we saw in the last year of the bush administration when then president bush stepped it up. so this is part of an overall strategy that obama's been pursuing for some time. one of the things i report is that there was a meeting, you know, early on in 2009 where panetta went to obama and said, look, these are the things we need in pakistan -- additional facilities, additional predators. obama said you're getting it all. i want you to have it all. this is part of a bigger picture, alex. >> what's fascinating is what you j...

And vengeance at last, u.s. nails famed in pakistan. last night, the president made a statement to the nation, about 11:30 eastern time. here's a little bit about what he said stressing the historic perhaps of bin laden's death. >> at my direction, the united states launched a targeted operation against that compound in abbottabad, pakistan. a small team of americans carried out the operation with extraordinary courage and capability. no americans were harmed. they took care to avoid civilian casualties. after a firefight, they killed osama bin laden and took custody of his body. for over two ...

Nbc news terrorism analyst and former member of the u.s. national security council, roger cressey. i wonder, as we have celebrations in the streets of washington and new york city, where the attacks happened on 9/11, if there is concern that perhaps this opens a new door, in terms of our security. >> well, mika, this is a tremendous triumph. this is personal for many people. it's personal for me because i was in the white house the morning of 9/11, counter terrorism was my portfolio up until that day and weeks there after. i remember standing in the situation room watching as things unfold and...

>> you know, i think bin ladens have been a problem for the saudi government big time and they know it. i think there will be a sense of relief. the thing to watch today is the reaction in pakistan. i'm told the reason the president made that unusual just before midnight disclosure what happened, the pakistanis wanted. they wanted the news out we had taken bin laden, that's what the purpose of the news was before the public woke up today fearing reaction of public backlash. keep my eyes on that. i think saudi arabia, it will be mooted. >> obviously, there are several different pakistan, pakist...

Libya? >> there was an article out today in the new yorker about the evolution of the obama policy and in this article in the summation an aide to the president describes the president's approach as leading from behind which i don't know how that is going to resonate but it may well be accurate. i think what we are seeing here is the president is kind of making it up as he goes along as he confronts this chaotic and either hopeful or not so hopeful situation in the middle east and in terms of libya he really doesn't know what to do next. i will hope what he is learning is the indispensability ...