Overview

• Speaking in Norfolk, Virginia, the president said he wrote about bin Laden a year before 9/11 and declared he has to take a little credit.
• He cited a book without naming it, echoing past references to The America We Deserve from early 2000.
• Reporting that cites prior CNN analysis finds the book mentioned bin Laden once and did not call for his killing or predict his role in a major attack.
• He arrived nearly an hour late to the Navy 250 speech, which left sailors and families waiting on the pier.
• The appearance drew scrutiny because it took place during a government shutdown that has left military personnel working without pay and other federal employees furloughed.