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October 7, 2008

Obama vows to 'kill Bin Laden, crush al-Qaeda'

Posted: October 7th, 2008 10:16 PM ET

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (CNN) – "We will kill Bin Laden, we will crush al-Qaeda," Barack Obama said Tuesday as he faced John McCain in their second head-to-head presidential debate.

McCain responded in equally strong terms: "I'll get him. I know how to get him. But I am not going to telegraph my punches as Sen Obama did."

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CIA, Cheney, Lies & Secrets		July 15th, 2009 7:43 pm ET [...] diverting resources from the "real" war on terror. "We will kill bin Laden," he vowed in the second presidential debate in October. "We will crush Al-Qaeda." So why the [...]
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