Obama is seen in this White House photo phoning Jessica Buchana’s father John last night to inform him of her rescue.
U.S. Navy SEALs have rescued an American and a Danish hostage from Somali pirates after they had been held for months. The same SEAL team that raided Osama bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan carried out this raid, the AP reports. …
“Leon. Good job tonight. Good job tonight.” — President BARACK OBAMA, to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta prior to the State of the Union speech. Earlier, Panetta had overseen the rescue operation of an American woman and a Danish national who were part of a relief organization in Somalia: they had been kidnapped and held for ransom by Somali pirates, nine of whom were killed in Wednesday’s firefight with U.S. soldiers. Andrew Sullivan used the term “badass” to describe our president. He continues to be just that.
