Obama thanked Navy SEAL McRaven for overseeing the bin Laden raid by gifting him a tape measure

President Barack Obama with Navy Vice Adm. William McRaven.
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Former President Barack Obama thanked Adm. William McRaven, the Navy SEAL who oversaw the bin Laden raid, with the gift of a tape measure, according to Obama's 2020 book, "A Promised Land."
The gift was an inside joke from the mission and perhaps the first light-hearted moment in a very tense period for everyone involved.
McRaven also wrote a little about the situation in his book "Sea Stories," which was publ