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‘We need a leader of integrity’: William McRaven, commander who oversaw bin Laden raid, votes for Biden

By Zach Halaschak

Published October 20, 2020 9:10pm ET

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‘We need a leader of integrity’: William McRaven, commander who oversaw bin Laden raid, votes for Biden — Navy Vice Admiral William McRaven, who as commander of Joint Special Operations Command had operational control of the SEAL Team Six mission to get Osama bin Laden, is pictured at a ceremony where President Barack Obama presented Army Sgt. First Class Leroy Arthur Petry of Santa Fe, N.M., the Medal of Honor for his valor in Afghanistan in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 12, 2011. | (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Former Navy Adm. William McRaven, the man who oversaw the successful mission that killed Osama bin Laden, announced he voted for Joe Biden.

McRaven, who served as commander of U.S. Special Operations Command from 2011 to 2014, announced his vote in an op-ed published Monday in the Wall Street Journal. In the piece, he speaks of his conservative bona fides and laments about, without specifically using his name, President Trump’s tenure as commander-in-chief.

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