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bluecrabboulevard.com - 4/13/2009
The Second Carter Administration
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Maybe Barack Obama will surprise me. Maybe he will order the military to rescue a hero. (And make no mistake, Captain Richard Phillips is a hero.) Or maybe Obama will try to lawyer the pirates into submission. Negotiations over the American captain taken hostage by Somali pirates broke down on ...
How the rescue happened
blackfive.net - 4/12/2009
How the rescue happened
— blackfive.net — PhillipsCastellano I just finished listening to the press conference w/ ADM Gortney about the rescue of Captain... Phillips. At the time it happened the USS Bainbridge was towing the lifeboat to calmer waters as the sea state was deteriorating. One of ... (more) How the rescue happened

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In Rescue of Captain, Navy Kills 3 Pirates
nytimes.com - 4/12/2009
In Rescue of Captain, Navy Kills 3 Pirates
— nytimes.com — Crew members of the Maersk Alabama celebrated after hearing that their captain, who had been held hostage... by Somali pirates, had been rescued. (more) In Rescue of Captain, Navy Kills 3 Pirates

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breitbart.com - 4/12/2009
Obama twice approved force to rescue hostage
— breitbart.com — WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama twice authorized the military to rescue a U.S. captain held by... Somali pirates and whose life appeared to be at risk. Officials say Obama gave the OK on Friday and Saturday to rescue Capt. Richard Phillips ... (more) Obama twice approved force to rescue hostage

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The Mahablog:  Obama Derangement Syndrome on Steroids

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Obama Derangement Syndrome on Steroids
The Mahablog — Remarkably, nearly overnight our President has gone from being a vacillating wuss to being a self-glorifying narcissistic exploiting the pirate crisis for his own ends. I suppose that’s progress. However, Steve M documents that the wingnuts still consider President Obama to be a wuss in spite of the successful rescue of Captain Phillips. One would think the results of the earlier French commando raid — one hostage was killed — might have taught them that sometimes there’s a place for caution. Another take on the ...

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