The publication of the letters is part of a highly political series of events and information released by the Obama administration and his re-election campaign to highlight the successful raid to kill bin Laden a year ago.
发布这些信件是奥巴马政府及其连任竞选活动发布的一系列高度政治化的事件和信息的一部分，旨在突出一年前消灭本•拉登的那场成功袭击。
Mr Obama’s campaign first released a video that praised his leadership in approving the raid and also questioned whether Mitt Romney, his Republican opponent, would have taken the same decision. The advertisement enraged Republicans, who said it turned a unifying national event into a political stunt. They fell silent a day later when Mr Obama made an unannounced trip to Afghanistan on the anniversary of the raid.
奥巴马竞选团队首先发布了一段视频，表扬了他批准袭击的领导能力，同时质疑共和党对手米特•罗姆尼(Mitt Romney)能否做出同样的决策。这则宣传广告激怒了共和党人，他们指出，这把全国团结一致的事件变成了政治噱头。一天后，奥巴在发起袭击一周年后未经宣布突然造访阿富汗，共和党便不再作声。
