Osama 'was within reach'
OSAMA bin Laden was unquestionably within reach of US troops in the mountains of Tora Bora when American military leaders made the crucial and costly decision not to pursue the terrorist leader with massive force, a Senate report said.
``Our assessment is that he is not anywhere near the leader that Osama bin Laden was,'' White House National Security Adviser Tom Donilon told NBC's ``Meet The Press'' show.