Obama: 'Getting our man' outweighed risks of raid
President Barack Obama says the ultimate deciding factor in the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound was balancing risk against reward. Reward won out.
Obama told CBS' "60 Minutes" that he felt the raid was the best way to make sure the U.S. forces had their man, despite the risk. He says he lost no sleep over the possibility bin Laden would be killed.
The president says that even with months of intelligence work, the odds bin Laden was in the compound were only about 55-45.
AP
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