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Clinton, Obama Discuss Moments During bin Laden Killing

Updated: April 29, 2012 | 11:43 a.m.
April 29, 2012 | 11:31 a.m.

"Justice Has Been Done": President Obama and Vice President Biden, along with members of the national security team, receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House, May 1, 2011. (PETE SOUZA/THE WHITE HOUSE)

Is Hillary Clinton watching the killing of Osama bin Laden or a Hollywood blockbuster? Just looking at her face, you might not know.

"That's the way I usually look when my husband drags me to an action movie," she said during an interview with NBC's Brian Williams to be aired on Wednesday. Clinton was referring to a now-famous photo depicting Obama and his advisers in the White House Situation Room, watching the raid on bin Laden's compound in Pakistan that resulted in his death, which took place a year ago this week.

"It was just an extraordinary experience and a great privilege to be part of," Clinton said.

Obama recalled that the photo was taken at a harrowing part of the mission, when the helicopter transporting the Navy SEALs to bin Laden's compound was having problems.

"There's silence, at this point, inside the room," he said.

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