Lawmakers credit Obama, Bush for killing bin Laden

Published May 2, 2011 4:00am ET



Lawmakers on Capitol Hill put aside their partisanship at least temporarily Monday and praised President Obama for the mission resulting in the death of Osama bin Laden. However, some GOP leaders were quick to note that the path to justice for the al Qaeda leader was set under Obama’s Republican predecessor, President George W. Bush.

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