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    Obama Gets a Big Win, but Is Osama a Winner Too?

    President Obama laid a wreath at Ground Zero today, met with the families of victims and visited with police and firefighters. After Sunday's killing of the mastermind of 9/11, there's the sense of a turning point in the "war on terror," declared after the World Trade towers came down.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    President Obama laid a wreath at Ground Zero today, met with the families of victims and visited with police and firefighters. After Sunday's killing of the mastermind of 9/11, there's the sense of a turning point in the "war on terror," declared after the World Trade towers came down. But almost a decade later, tens of thousands have died in two ongoing wars, and the US is a nation transformed by increased security and stress on the economy. How much of a turning point is it? Did America leaders fail to understand the goals of Osama bin Laden? What's the legacy of a mass murderer? What is the appropriate way to remember what happened at Ground Zero, the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pennsylvania?

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    3. 43:42The Dogs of War
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Managing Producer, To the Point & Which Way LA?

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      syndicated columnist

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      Foundation for Defense of Democracies

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    The full episode

    2 of 3
    The Death and Deadly Legacy of Osama bin Laden
    1. 0:00Obama Visits Ground Zero to Mark the Death of bin Laden
    2. 7:39Obama Gets a Big Win, but Is Osama a Winner Too?You’re reading this
    3. 43:42The Dogs of War
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