host: andrew exum is a fellow at the center for a new american security.this piece in "the new york times" -- it quote the chairman of the islamic studies department at american university. "shrines are very powerful. on the other hand, the burial at sea could give rise to speculation about whether bin laden is really get." guest: absolutely right. it is a trade-off. under islamic practices, you want to bury the body in some way within 24 hours. otherwise, it is really seen as being disrespectful. the united states had a need to bury the body quickly. trying to enlist some country, whether it is afghanistan or the saudi arabia to accept the body to be buried on land, would be quite difficult on such short notice. nobody wants there to be a shrine to osama bin laden in their own countries. the united states made a decision that was based in part on expediency and in part on a thinking through how we prevent some of the martyr shrines for osama bin laden tree again, looking at all the options available to the military and united states government, it was pre

host: andrew exum is a fellow at the center for a new american security.piece in "the new york times" -- it quote the chairman of the islamic studies department at american university. "shrines are very powerful. on the other hand, the burial at sea could give rise to speculation about whether bin laden is really get." guest: absolutely right. it is a trade-off. under islamic practices, you want to bury the body in some way within 24 hours. otherwise, it is really seen as being disrespectful. the united states had a need to bury the body quickly. trying to enlist some country, whether it is afghanistan or the saudi arabia to accept the body to be buried on land, would be quite difficult on such short notice. nobody wants there to be a shrine to osama bin laden in their own countries. the united states made a decision that was based in part on expediency and in part on a thinking through how we prevent some of the martyr shrines for osama bin laden tree again, looking at all the options available to the military and united states government, it was pretty w

also a look at the impact of his killing with andrew exum. that is live at 7:00 a.m.rn, here on c-span. tuesday, a house homeland security subcommittee hearing on u.s. terrorism threats coming from pakistan. also a look at the impact of the killing of osama bin laden and u.s. counter-terrorism policy. witnesses include intelligence and counter terrorism analyst. watch live coverage at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. >> we begin our coverage of the reaction to the killing of osama bin laden with white house press secretary jay carney who was joined by a john brennan. he told reporters that the killing of osama bin laden was a defining moment in the war against al qaeda and the war on terrorism. he also described how he and the president as well as other members of the national security team did this military operation. from the white house briefing room, this is about an hour. >> i have with me today john brennan, assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism. he will take questions from you about the events of last night and yesterday afternoon.

host: andrew exum, thank you for being with us this morning. guest: sure. host: you can find exum's blog as well as information about his past. he was an army ranger and an adviser to stanley mcchrystal. that is all for "washington journal" this morning. we go to the house floor. later on, members of congress will be brief behind closed doors about the killing of osama bin laden. have a good morning. host: ca[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's room, washington, d.c., may 3, 2011. i hereby appoint the honorable tom mcclintock to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 5, 2011, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate . the chair w