President-elect in new CNN film tells of agonized discussions but says he subsequently advised Obama to follow his instinct
Joe Biden has revealed why he advised Barack Obama to wait to order the raid which killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan in May 2011, advice the president did not take.
It was to “give him space”, the president-elect told CNN for a documentary about vice-presidents, President in Waiting, which will broadcast on Saturday night with contributions from all five living former VPs: Biden, Dick Cheney, Al Gore, Dan Quayle and Walter Mondale.
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