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Danger Close with Brian O'Leary · May 3, 2026

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Danger Close with Brian O'Leary

Fifteen years after Bin Laden got whacked, what I wish I had told the reporters

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Fifteen years ago, this weekend, on the night of Sunday, May 1, 2011, I was sitting in my office at my battalion’s headquarters at Fort Devens, Massachusetts. My orders had taken effect that morning. The Marines of my reserve infantry unit, 1st Battalion, 25th Marines, would begin reporting the following morning. We were activating for a long-anticipate…

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