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Obama thanked Navy SEAL McRaven for overseeing the bin Laden raid by gifting him a tape measure

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Obama thanked Navy SEAL McRaven for overseeing the bin Laden raid by gifting him a tape measure

President Barack Obama with Navy Vice Adm. William McRaven./ Former President Barack Obama thanked Adm. William McRaven, the Navy SEAL who oversaw the bin Laden raid, with the gift of a tape measure, according to Obama's new book, "A Promised Land."/ The gift was an inside joke from the mission and perhaps the first light-hearted moment in a very tense period for everyone involved./ McRaven also wrote a little about the situation in his book "Sea Stories/ As president, Barack Obama thanked Adm. William McRaven, the Navy SEAL who oversaw the ...

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Nov 20, 2020

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Israeli military's top lawyer resigns over leak of video allegedly showing abuse of Palestinian ...

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