A former senior administration official involved in deliberations on the raid that killed Osama bin Laden said Tuesday that Vice President Biden did not back the operation.

The official, who took part in deliberations on whether to approve the operation in Pakistan, said Hillary Clinton, then Secretary of State, and then-CIA Director Leon Panetta both backed the raid — but that Biden did not.

“I can tell you this, both then-CIA Director Leon Panetta and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton favored the raid and they did so in presentations made in the Situation Room,” the former official told The Hill. “Secretary Clinton made her views known. Leon made his position known. And I don’t recall the vice president sharing the same view.

“When the president conducted the final meeting on April 28th, he faced a divided set of advisers,” the official added.

Biden, who is considering a run for the White House against Clinton in 2016, offered a different view earlier on Tuesday.

Read the article “Former Official: Contrary to His Claim, Biden was Against Bin Laden Raid” on thehill.com.