George W. Bush speech after capture of Saddam:
The success of  yesterday's mission is a tribute to our men and women now serving in  Iraq. The operation was based on the superb work of intelligence  analysts who found the dictator's footprints in a vast country. The  operation was carried out with skill and precision by a brave fighting  force. Our servicemen and women and our coalition allies have faced many  dangers in the hunt for members of the fallen regime, and in their  effort to bring hope and freedom to the Iraqi people. Their work  continues, and so do the risks. Today, on behalf of the nation, I thank  the members of our Armed Forces and I congratulate 'em.
Barack Obama speech after killing of bin Laden:
And  so shortly after taking office, I directed Leon Panetta, the director  of the CIA, to make the killing or capture of bin Laden the top priority  of our war against al Qaeda, even as we continued our broader efforts  to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat his network. Then, last August, after  years of painstaking work by our intelligence community, I was briefed  on a possible lead to bin Laden. It was far from certain, and it took  many months to run this thread to ground. I met repeatedly with my  national security team as we developed more information about the  possibility that we had located bin Laden hiding within a compound deep  inside of Pakistan. And finally, last week, I determined that we had  enough intelligence to take action, and authorized an operation to get  Osama bin Laden and bring him to justice. Today, at my direction, the  United States launched a targeted operation against that compound in  Abbottabad, Pakistan.
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