FORT CAMPBELL, Kentucky (AP) – Brimming with pride, President Barack Obama on Friday met and honored the U.S. commandos he sent after terror mastermind Osama bin Laden, saluting them on behalf of America and the world and capping an extraordinary week for the country. "Job well done," the president declared.

Obama addressed roughly 2,000 troops after meeting privately with the full assault team — Army helicopter pilots and Navy SEAL commandos — who executed the dangerous raid on bin Laden's compound and killed the al-Qaida leader in Pakistan early Monday. Their identities are kept secret.

Speaking to a sweltering hangar full of cheering soldiers, Obama said: "The terrorist leader that struck our nation on 9/11 will never threaten America again."

Al-Qaida will be defeated, he promised from this Army post, whose troops have sustained heavy losses in an Afghanistan war that has grown on his watch.

Fresh warnings emerged, though, underscoring Obama's caution that the fight against terrorists still rages.