PETER BERGEN, CNN NATIONAL SECURITY ANALYST: The likelihood of finding Osama bin Laden in the next several years either McCain or Obama administration is low. Given the fact that the United States has not found him in the last seven years, why is that he would magically make the set of mistakes?

STARR: And General Petraeus about to take over as top U.S. commander in the region says that bin Laden still is a priority.

GEN. DAVID PETRAEUS, INCOMING CMDR., U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND: Clearly, Osama bin Laden remains very important if for no other reason than just the sheer symbolic importance that he has. LINK to transcript

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