KROFT: I mean it‘s been reported that there was some resistance from advisors and planners who disagreed with the commando raid approach. Was it difficult for you to overcome that? And what level of confidence did you have?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: You know one of the things that we‘ve done here is to build a team that is collegial and where everybody speaks their mind. And there‘s not a lot of snipin‘ or back-biting after the fact…

And so very few people in the White House knew. The vast majority of my most senior aides did not know that we were doing this. And you know, there were times where you wanted to go around and talk this through with some more folks. And that just wasn‘t an option.