In an interview airing Thursday, President Bill Clinton recounted to Ellen DeGeneres how he learned of the assassination of Osama Bin Laden one year ago. In an interview airing Thursday, President Bill Clinton recounted to Ellen DeGeneres how he learned of the assassination of Osama Bin Laden one year ago by an elite team of U.S. Navy SEALS. “I’m pretty sure that I was notified by the White House, not the State Department,” said Clinton, indicating that his wife, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton kept mum on the subject. “[Hillary] never said a word to me about this, which is exactly the right thing.”