Of course I would have given order to kill bin Laden: Romney

WASHINGTON, May 1: Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney today rejected allegations of the Obama Campaign, saying he would have given the order to kill al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.�Of course,� Romney told reporters when asked whether he would have ordered killing of the most dreaded terrorist of the world in Pakistan.�Even Jimmy Carter would have given that order,� 65-year- old Romney said at a campaign event in New Hampshire campaign.Former president Carter is criticised by Republicans as a weak leader during his White House tenure. He approved a failed military mission in 1980 to rescue US hostages in Iran. He also was a vocal opponent of the 2003 Iraq war.Romney�s remarks after President Barack Obama�s campaign released an ad that notes that during his first presidential run, he said in an April 2007 interview that �it�s not worth moving heaven and earth, spending billions of dollars just trying to catch one person.��I assume that people meant what they said when they said it. That�s been at least my practice. I said that I�d go after bin Laden if we had a clear shot at him, and I did. If there are others who have said one thing and now suggest they�d do something else, then I�d go ahead and let them explain it,� Obama said at a White House news conference.Romney�s spokeswoman Andrea Saul alleged Obama was indulging in politics.In a statement, she said Obama was using the anniversary of bin Laden�s death as �a cheap political ploy� that she said distorted Romney�s policies on fighting terrorism.�While the Obama administration has naively stated that �the war on terror is over,� Gov. Romney has always understood we need a comprehensive plan to deal with the myriad threats America faces,� Saul said. (PTI)