History of the United States II / Unit 17 USH2 2415 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Bin Laden Killed
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The idea
In May two thousand eleven Navy SEALs raided deep into Pakistan and killed Osama bin Laden, the Yawp records.
In practice
A phased withdrawal from Afghanistan beginning that year, with combat troops to leave by two thousand fourteen.
Where people slip
The Yawp counts three thousand three hundred ninety-seven American service members killed in Afghanistan through December two thousand thirteen; the Taliban had not been defeated.
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