AFP – The killing of Osama bin Laden was a “defining moment” in the war on terrorism, a top adviser to President Barack Obama said Monday, adding the United States aims to bury the rest of Al-Qaeda with him.

ContributorNetwork – COMMENTARY | Sunday night, President Barack Obama announced a team of U.S. Navy Seals had killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. One of the statements in the president’s announcement caught my attention. Obama told the nation, “shortly after taking office, I directed Leon Panetta, the director of the CIA, to make the killing or capture of bin Laden the top priority of our war against al-Qaida, even as we continued our broader efforts to disrupt, dismantle and defeat his network.”

AP – Former President George W. Bush has congratulated President Barack Obama and heralded the servicemen and women involved in the mission that killed Osama bin Laden.

AP – Declaring the killing of Osama bin Laden “a good day for America,” President Barack Obama said Monday the world was safer without the al-Qaida terrorist and mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. His administration used DNA testing to help confirm that American forces in Pakistan had in fact killed bin Laden, as U.S. officials sought to erase all doubt.

AP – The Obama administration used DNA testing and other means to confirm that elite American forces in Pakistan had in fact killed Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, officials said Monday, as the world absorbed the stunning news.

AFP – “We Got Him!” the tabloid New York Post trumpeted in its headline Monday, echoing the jubilation across America after President Barack Obama announced that a US military commando raid had captured and killed Osama Bin Laden.

Reuters – U.S. stocks rose on Monday after President Barack Obama announced that Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had been killed in a firefight with U.S. forces and as a spate of proposed deals cheered investors.

The Newsroom – Almost a decade after the U.S. was rocked by the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, President Barack Obama announced Sunday night that the mastermind behind the massacre had been killed. Osama bin Laden’s death after years on the run marks the end of an era in the global fight against terrorism.

Time.com – When U.S. President Obama called Pakistan President to tell him the news that Osama bin Laden had been killed, he also instructed his team to similarly inform their Pakistani counterparts.

Time.com – It was like President Obama was walking out of a forgotten dream. Remember that quest we began nearly 10 years ago? Remember “dead or alive”?