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VIDEO: Obama's Relationship with Special Forces is a Symbol of a Changing President

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US President Barack Obama arrives at JFK international airport to board Air Force One to return to Washington, DC, after laying a wreath at the 9/11 Memorial in New York on May 5, 2011. Obama took a defiant message to the New York epicenter of the 9/11 attacks Thursday, warning that Osama bin Laden's death proved America will never fail to bring terrorists to 'justice.' AFP PHOTO/Jewel Samad (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

Updated: May 5, 2011 | 8:24 p.m.
May 5, 2011 | 8:13 p.m.

Marc Ambinder, who has been reporting on the Joint Special Operations Command, talks about President Obama's unusually close contact with the special forces behind the Osama bin Laden raid and killing. Obama will meet some of the commandos on Friday in Fort Campbell, Ky.

Video by Theresa Poulson with photos by Getty Images and courtesy of JSOC

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