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Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California Democrat and chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, heads to the meeting with Mr. Panetta.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd says in Washington on Monday that with the killing of Osama bin Laden, the world must be "vigilant" against reprisals.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad, North Dakota Democrat, is preparing a fiscal plan that calls for a complete overhaul of the tax code but would leave Social Security untouched.

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Associated Press CIA Director Leon E. Panetta said that some of the intelligence that helped track down Osama bin Laden came from interrogation of detainees.

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Washington Capitals defenseman Scott Hannan remains a free agent, but will not be with the Washington Capitals next season. (Associated Press)

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Daniel Radcliffe (left) and John Larroquette debate "How to Succeed in Business Without Even Trying." Mr. Radcliffe was expected to be nominated for a Tony, but was snubbed.

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Lily Rabe is a member of the cast of Shakespeare´s "The Merchant of Venice" at the Broadhurst Theatre in New York.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Deputy U.N. Ambassador Ibrahim Dabbashi (right) hugs Libya's U.N. Ambassador Mohamed Shalgham after a meeting of the Security Council at United Nations headquarters in February. Tension was high at the time after fighting broke out between pro- and anti-Gadhafi forces.

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White House Press Secretary Jay Carney gestures Tuesday during his daily news briefing at the White House. (Associated Press)

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An Afghan reads about the death of Osama bin Laden in a newspaper published in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, May 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

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A photo taken by a resident of Abbottabad, Pakistan, on Monday, May 2, 2011, shows the wreckage of a U.S. helicopter next to the wall of the compound where, according to officials, Osama bin Laden was shot and killed in a firefight with U.S. forces. (AP Photo/Mohammad Zubair)

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In this image made on a mobile phone from the window of a car, showing two Syrian soldiers at a checkpoint in a road tunnel in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, May 3, 2011. Syrian authorities are thought to have detained more than 1,000 people in the latest sweep aimed at crushing the uprising against President Bashar Assad, a human rights group said Tuesday. (AP Photo)

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A Pakistani soldier stands guard on Tuesday, May 3, 2011, in Abbottabad, Pakistan, near the house where al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed early Sunday by U.S. forces. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari denied suggestions his country's security forces may have sheltered bin Laden and said their cooperation with the United States helped pinpoint the whereabouts of the world's most wanted man. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

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Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper gives the thumbs up after giving his victory speech in Calgary, Alberta, on Monday, May 2, 2011, after his Conservatives won a coveted majority government in parliamentary elections. (AP Photo/Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Security at transportation hubs such as New York's Grand Central Station has been heightened after President Obama on Sunday announced the killing of terrorist Osama bin Laden. "A flawed ideology did not die with one man," said Tom Ridge, the nation's first Homeland Security secretary.

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Pakistan army soldiers and a police officer patrol past the house (background) where al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces on Sunday, ending a nearly 10-manhunt after the Sept. 11 attacks on U.S. soil. (Associated Press)

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On Sept. 11, 2001, the twin towers of the World Trade Center burn and later collapse after hijacked planes deliberately crashed into them in New York City. A multimillion-dollar reward was offered for now-dead terrorist Osama bin Laden after the attacks.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS In this image released by the White House and digitally altered to obscure the material in front of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (right), she, President Obama and Vice President Joseph R. Biden (left), along with members of the national security team, receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House on Sunday.

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This October 2000 image, provided by the U.S. Navy, shows damage sustained by the USS Cole after a terrorist bomb exploded during a refueling operation in the port of Aden, Yemen. Osama bin Laden was blamed for the attack.