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What no easy day reveals about navy seal gear the controversial book no easy day, written by a nowouted navy seal, reveals the tools he took with him on the raid to get osama bin laden. When president obama brought the search for osama bin laden to an end, it was with a roll of the dice. These words, spoken by a navy seal, ended osama bin ladens reign of. Mark bowdens new book, the finish, tells of the hunt for osama bin laden from the top down based on access to obama. Theres really no need to dramatize the events because so many of them are extremely dramatic in and of themselves.
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