USA HISTORY

CONTEMPORARY AMERICA (1992 2013)

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

[SOURCES]
One example cited in Leadership Legacy regarding Obama´s methodical nature was ____

(A) his steady work to make his health care plan implemented.

(B) a short temperament

(C) his annual Christmas visits to Hawaii

(D) ** Not talking about terror much but insuring behind the scenes action regarding Osama Bin Laden

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Bin Laden was known by authorities to use a portable satellite phone in remote places in order to speak with some of his cohorts, says Bamford.

Concept note-2: -The operation resulted in 5 fatalities on Pakistani soil (including OBL) and the capture of key Al Qaida informants including wives and children of OBL. Pakistani intelligence and military organizations claim to have been blind-sided, both by the presence of OBL on Pakistani soil, as well as by the raid itself.

Concept note-3: -Bin Laden has characteristics that are narcissistic and grandiose. His narcissism leads to grandiosity. He believes that he is the King and that everything he believes in is extremely consequential to life. All of his power is based on his wealth and his accomplishment during the Soviet invasion.

Concept note-4: -THE DEATH OF OSAMA BIN LADEN At the time of Al-Qaeda’s founding, the bin Laden family fortune was estimated at $5 billion, of which Osama had access to an estimated $300 million.