HEADLINES

1. Poll: Obama gets a quick bin Laden bump

   A new poll, conducted Monday evening by The Washington Post and the Pew Research Center, also finds virtually no movement in President Obama's numbers when it comes to handling the economy.
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2. Poll: More predict success in Afghanistan

   More in U.S. anticipate success in Afghanistan after bin Laden's death, but poll shows no change on desire to withdraw U.S. troops.
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3. White House revises bin Laden story

   Osama bin Laden was unarmed when he was shot during a U.S. raid, officials said Tuesday, contradicting initial accounts.
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4. The Fix: Does first GOP debate matter?

   A handful of Republican candidates will take the debate stage in Greenville, S.C. on Thursday, for what amounts to the official kickoff of the 2012 presidential race. And yet, it will be a debate devoid of any of the four GOP candidates
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5. Obama's immigration commitment

   In a series of well-publicized meetings and speeches the last several weeks, the president has repeatedly touted his support of both the Dream Act and other measures to make it easier for people who are in the U.S. without legal status to become citizens.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY

Press secretary Jay Carney announced today that Osama bin Laden was not armed and explained:

"We were prepared to capture him. We were met with a great deal of resistance. It was a highly volatile firefight. He resisted. The U.S. personnel on the ground handled themselves with the utmost professionalism, and he was killed in an operation because of the resistance that they met."

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COMMENT OF THE DAY

Gooddogs, on Karen Tumulty and Paul Kane's "After bin Laden, Obama may get new authority on Afghan war" story:

Time to go. Simple answer. All of the blood that we shed in that place was for an honorable goal. It has been met. Let the drones work when necessary from here on out.

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Q&A DISCUSSIONS

Chris Cillizza of The Fix was online at 11 a.m. ET to discuss the 2012 presidential election:

Q: Plenty of pundits have analyzed the potential effect of Osama bin Laden's death on Barack Obama's re-election chances. In general, do you think people are overrating or underrating the significance of Sunday night's news?

Chris Cillizza:

I think they're pre-rating it. I think this will clearly, if past history is any evidence, help Barack Obama — certainly in the near-term.

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MULTIMEDIA

Video: Carney says bin Laden was not armed

In a prepared statement detailing the narrative of the operation that killed Osama bin Laden, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney says that bin Laden was unarmed when he was shot by U.S. Navy SEALs.