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How The Osama Bin Laden Letters Help Obama

By John T. Bennett

May 4, 2012 RSS Feed Print

Documents seized by U.S. commandos during the raid that killed Osama bin Laden revealed the al Qaeda founder wanted to kill President Barack Obama. But in an ironic twist, experts say bin Laden's final writings could give Obama a boost in his re-election fight against presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney.

Read more about Obama's Osama bump.

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