Pence Statement on Killing of Osama bin Laden
"Today will be remembered by generations of Americans as a day of justice served."
Contact: Matt Lloyd, Congressman Mike Pence, 202-226-4379
WASHINGTON, May 2, 2011 /Standard Newswire/-- U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, a Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and Vice Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, issued the following statement regarding Osama bin Laden. Pence has been to Afghanistan or Iraq every year since hostilities began.
"Today will be remembered by generations of Americans as a day of justice served.
"I commend the U.S. Armed Forces and intelligence community for the action taken to find and eliminate Osama bin Laden.
"Thanks to their persistence and courage, as well as the Obama and Bush Administrations, justice was served at last. America will never forget the tragedy of September 11th, but today's news is evidence that justice delayed can be justice served. Today we are safer than we were yesterday but we must remain vigilant, as there are still those throughout the world who seek to destroy our freedom."