Obama Talks About Osama Bin Laden Mission

Posted on May 9, 2011

Everyone has seen the amazing photo of President Obama and other important officials watching the Osama bin Laden mission from the Situation Room of the White House. Obama talked to Steve Kroft on 60 Minutes about the mission. He says it was the longest 40 minutes of his life, with the possible exception of when Sasha got meningitis at age 3. He says it was a very tense situation. He says he was nervous. He also says they knew when one of the helicopters went down, which was obviously not according to plan. Take a look: