Unaware if bin Laden was close to being captured : Bush

January 14, 2009

President George W. Bush said Tuesday he was unaware if, during his eight-year tenure, Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was ever close to being captured. In a farewell interview of the presidential couple with US television, Bush said he was "absolutely" certain bin Laden will be caught sooner or later, "because we have a lot of people looking for him." Asked if the September 11 mastermind ever came close to being captured since US forces went into Afghanistan looking for him in 2002, Bush said: "I don't know. I can't answer that."