President Barack Obama meets Saturday in the Oval Office with Richard Phillips, the captain of the Maersk Alabama cargo ship that was taken over by Somali pirates on April 8, and Phillips' wife, Andrea. Phillips was held hostage for five days before U.S.
President Barack Obama meets Saturday in the Oval Office with Richard Phillips, the captain of the Maersk Alabama cargo ship that was taken over by Somali pirates on April 8, and Phillips' wife, Andrea. Phillips was held hostage for five days before U.S. Navy SEAL snipers on the destroyer USS Bainbridge killed three of his captors and freed him. Pete Souza, Afp/Getty Images
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President Barack Obama meets Saturday in the Oval Office with Richard Phillips, the captain of the Maersk Alabama cargo ship that was taken over by Somali pirates on April 8, and Phillips' wife, Andrea. Phillips was held hostage for five days before U.S. Navy SEAL snipers on the destroyer USS Bainbridge killed three of his captors and freed him.

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