Congress Quick To React To Bin Laden's Death

NPR | By Andrea Seabrook,

Steve Inskeep

Published May 2, 2011 at 4:00 AM EDT

Congressional leaders are reacting to the news that U.S. forces killed Osama Bin Laden in a military operation in Pakistan.

Andrea Seabrook

Andrea Seabrook covers Capitol Hill as NPR's Congressional Correspondent.

Steve Inskeep

Steve Inskeep is a host of NPR's Morning Edition, as well as NPR's morning news podcast Up First.

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