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Play CBS Video May 1, 2012 | 3:00 PM PDT
Obama tells troops bin Laden got his justice
President Obama spoke to U.S. troops at Bagram Air Field on Tuesday. On the surprise visit to Afghanistan on the one year anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death, the president said he "got his justice."
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May 1, 2012 | 2:28 PM PDT
Obama, Karzai sign accord on U.S. role in Afghanistan
President Obama was in Afghanistan on Tuesday to sign an agreement with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on the U.S.'s future role in the country, with the goal of relieving all U.S. troops by the end of 2014.
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Play CBS Video May 1, 2012 | 12:29 PM PDT
Obama in Afghanistan year after bin Laden death
President Obama made an unannounced trip to Afghanistan on Tuesday, the one year anniversary of the death of Osama bin Laden, to meet with President Hamid Karzai and U.S. troops. Obama and Karzai will also sign an agreement on the role of U.S. forces.
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Play CBS Video May 1, 2012 | 12:24 PM PDT
Obama arrives in Afghanistan to sign strategic partnership agreement
President Obama has arrived in Afghanistan to sign a strategic partnership agreement pledging U.S. support to Afghanistan for 10 years after the withdraw of U.S. combat troops at the end of 2014. Scott Pelley reports.
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May 1, 2012 | 11:32 AM PDT
Edwards attorneys go after ex-aide's wife
Attorneys for John Edwards are attempting to get Cheri Young, the wife of ex-aide, to admit she and husband have memory problems
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May 1, 2012 | 11:26 AM PDT
Obama tightens penalties on Iran, Syria regimes for avoiding American-mandated sanctions
Executive order a response to efforts by Iranian, Syrian regimes to avoid American-mandated sanctions
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May 1, 2012 | 10:28 AM PDT
Edwards lawyers prod ex-aide's wife on memory
Attorneys for John Edwards are attempting to get Cheri Young, the wife of ex-aide, to admit she and husband have memory problems
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May 1, 2012 | 7:08 AM PDT
Writer: LBJ changed "in a moment" after JFK death
Pulitzer Prize-winning author discusses change that came over LBJ after assassination, how LBJ, RFK hated each other
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Play CBS Video May 1, 2012 | 7:03 AM PDT
Edwards trial: Emotional testimony from chief accuser's wife
At the corruption trial of former presidential candidate John Edwards, Cheri Young, the wife of former Edwards aide Andrew Young, broke down on the stand when she was asked why she went along with a plan to hide the candidate's affair. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty and CBS News legal analyst Jack Ford talk to the "CBS This Morning" co-hosts about the trial.
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Play CBS Video May 1, 2012 | 6:45 AM PDT
Pulitzer Prize winner on new Lyndon Johnson book
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Caro spent more than 30-years researching the life of President Lyndon Johnson. Caro speaks to the "CBS This Morning" co-hosts about the fourth installment in his series of books on LBJ, "The Passage of Power."
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May 1, 2012 | 6:09 AM PDT
Mitt Romney: China should make "real effort" to end abuses against dissident Chen Guangcheng
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee tells "CBS This Morning" what Obama should do about escaped Chinese dissident
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Play CBS Video May 1, 2012 | 5:49 AM PDT
Romney vs. Obama: Where the race stands
Where does the race stand between Mitt Romney, the presumptive GOP nominee, and President Obama? CBS News political correspondent Jan Crawford reports.
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Play CBS Video May 1, 2012 | 5:36 AM PDT
Ann Romney: Mitt still "wild and crazy"
Mitt Romney's wife Ann tells the "CBS This Morning" co-hosts about the presumptive GOP nominee's "wild and crazy" side, and what she calls the "narrative."
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Play CBS Video May 1, 2012 | 5:34 AM PDT
Romney: OBL death shouldn't be campaign issue
GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks to the "CBS This Morning" co-hosts about President Obama's campaign ad highlighting the decision to kill former al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, saying it's
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Play CBS Video May 1, 2012 | 5:34 AM PDT
Romney on bin Laden death, campaign controversy
Presumptive GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, speak to the "CBS This Morning" co-hosts about the next six months of his political campaign, and the controversy over the death of Osama Bin Laden.
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May 1, 2012 | 5:15 AM PDT
Romney: Disappointed in Obama's jabs on bin Laden
Presumptive Republican nominee Romney tells "CBS This Morning" that he would have made decision to "assassinate" bin Laden
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Play CBS Video May 1, 2012 | 5:00 AM PDT
Obama, GOP spar over politics of bin Laden
President Obama dismissed critics who charged his campaign is exploiting Osama bin Laden's death for political gain. CBS News chief White House correspondent Norah O'Donnell reports.
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May 1, 2012 | 4:05 AM PDT
Sparring over bin Laden campaign claims intensifies
Rhetoric heats up as Obama dismisses GOP charge his campaign is exploiting al Qaeda leader's killing for political gain
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Play CBS Video April 30, 2012 | 4:14 PM PDT
WH avoids addressing Chen Guangcheng situation
President Obama tried to avoid saying anything that could risk the hopes of diffusing the Chen Guangcheng case - an extremely delicate situation that could have a negative impact on U.S.-Chinese relations, reports Norah O'Donnell.
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Play CBS Video April 30, 2012 | 1:43 PM PDT
Ayotte's latest potential VP to stump with Romney
Sen. Kelly Ayotte appeared with Mitt Romney in her home state of New Hampshire on Monday.
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Play CBS Video April 30, 2012 | 1:32 PM PDT
Top terrorism adviser defends drone use in Pakistan
John Brennan, assistant to the president for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, publicly defended the use of drones to kill members of al Qaeda and other terrorists on Monday.
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Play CBS Video April 30, 2012 | 12:51 PM PDT
Obama: U.S. consistently presses China on human rights
In an joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Noda on Monday, President Obama wouldn't comment on the case surrounding a prominent legal activist in China, but maintained that the U.S. presses China on human rights issues.
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Play CBS Video April 30, 2012 | 12:48 PM PDT
Obama challenges Romney's past bin Laden comments
Though he didn't directly name Mitt Romney, President Obama said people should "take a look at people's previous statements" on the mission to take out Osama bin Laden at a press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Noda on Monday.
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Play CBS Video April 30, 2012 | 12:34 PM PDT
Obama denies bin Laden death anniversary "excessively" celebrated
President Obama denied any excessive celebration at the one-year anniversary of the death of Osama bin Laden. At a press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Noda on Monday, Obama said it was "entirely appropriate" for the American people to "rightly remember."
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April 30, 2012 | 11:41 AM PDT
Ex-aide's wife breaks down on witness stand
Cheri Young, wife of former Edwards aide Andrew Young, says Edwards told her it was legal to deposit money from wealthy donor
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