Trump reportedly urged the CIA to hunt and kill Osama bin Laden's son instead of more pressing terrorist threats

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• President Donald Trump wanted his intelligence officials to focus on killing Osama bin Laden's son over other terror targets — because he was the only one Trump was familiar with, NBC News reported Sunday.
• Military and intelligence officials said Trump did not recognize many other names on the CIA's list of potential targets.
• "He would say, 'I've never heard of any of these people. What about Hamza bin Laden?'" a former official said.
• Trump has also approved successful strikes on other top terrorist targets, including ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and Yemen's al Qaeda chief, Qasim al-Rimi.
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President Donald Trump urged his intelligence officials to go after the son of Osama bin Laden — even over more urgent terrorist threats, NBC News reported Sunday.

The network cited two military and intelligence officials who said Trump did not recognize many of the names on the CIA's list of potential US targets.

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