Obama to meet some special ops from raid

President Barack Obama will visit Fort Campbell, Ky., on Friday to meet some members of the special ops team that carried out the operation that killed Osama bin Laden.

A team of Navy SEALs raided a compound in Pakistan, killing the terrorist mastermind and later burying him at sea. Fort Campbell is home to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, which was involved in the raid against bin Laden.

CBS News radio correspondent Mark Knoller reports that Mr. Obama met with Navy Vice Adm. William McRaven, head of the Joint Special Forces Command Wednesday to thank him personally in the Oval Office. McRaven gave reports on the mission's status Sunday night to CIA Director Leon Panetta, who relayed them to Mr. Obama and his top advisers while they waited in the White House Situation Room.

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As CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reported, McRaven was in charge of the mission. His identity has thus far been the lowest-ranking one associated with the mission and its success, something that isn't likely to change given the SEALs' reputation as "the quiet professionals."

Correction: An earlier version of this story contained an Associated Press report that Mr. Obama would meet with SEALs during Friday's visit, citing an anonymous White House official. According to a public affairs officer at Fort Campbell, there are no Navy SEALs based there.