Reaction to Osama bin Laden's Death

President Obama annouced the death of Osama bin Laden in a US raid on a compound in Abbotabad, Pakistan and the following includes links to his comments and those of other leaders.

President Barack Obama
**video
**transcript
White House May 1, 2011 photo gallery

• Secretary of State Hilliary Clinton
• Secretary of Defense William Gates
• Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of State Admiral Mike Mullen
• Former President George W. Bush
• Former President Bill Clinton
• Former Vice President Dick Cheney
• US House of Representatives Howard P. "Buck" McKeon, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee
• US House of Representatives Illeana Ros-Lehitnen, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee
• US House of Representatives Peter T. King, Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee
• US Senator John Kerry, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
• US Senator Joe Lieberman, Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
• Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Leon Panetta
• Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper

 World Reactions

• David Cameron, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
•  CNN's list of reactions

Government Press Releases and News Articles

• Defense Dept - Obama Declares 'Justice Has Been Done'
• Defense Dept - U.S. Kills bin Laden in Intelligence-driven Operation
• Defense Dept - DOD Background Briefing with Sr Defense Officials from the Pentagon and Senior Intelligence Officials
• Defense Dept - Background Briefing with Senior Intelligence Officials at the Pentagon on Intelligence Aspects of the U.S. Operation Involving Osama Bin Laden [with links to video clips]
• Defense Dept - Demise of Osama bin Laden
• White House - Press Briefing by Senior Administration Officials on the Killing of Osama bin Laden