Obama Addresses Captain Rescue

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Obama Addresses Captain Rescue, Lauds Stimulus Implementation
Posted by Brian Montopoli

At the outset of his remarks at the Department of Transportation today, President Obama addressed yesterday's rescue of Capt. Richard Phillips from Somali pirates.

"His safety has been our principal concern, and I know this came as a welcome relief to his family and -- and his crew," the president said. "I had a chance to talk to his wife yesterday. And as she put it, she couldn't imagine a better Easter than seeing his -- his safe return."

"And I am very proud of the efforts of the U.S. military and many other departments and agencies that worked tirelessly to resolve this situation," he continued. "I share our nation's admiration for Captain Phillips' courage, and leadership, and selfless concern for his crew."

The president went on to discuss efforts to deal with the situation in the future. Though he mentioned "privacy," he presumably meant to say "piracy."

"And I want to be very clear that we are resolved to halt the rise of privacy (sic) in that region," said Mr. Obama. "And to achieve that goal, we're going to have to continue to work with our partners to prevent future attacks. We have to continue to be prepared to confront them when they arise. And we have to ensure that those who commit acts of piracy are held accountable for their crimes."

The president, who was joined by Vice President Joe Biden and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, also announced what the White House says is the 2,000th transportation project funded by the stimulus package, the widening of an interstate and rebuilding of an overpass in Michigan.

"Now, some may have thought it would take months to get to this point," he said. "But in part because of the hard work and commitment of the people in this department, we approved these 2,000 projects in just 41 days."

" I want to be very clear that while we're doing this with speed, we're also doing it with care," added Mr. Obama. "We've acted quickly, because our economy, losing hundreds of thousands of jobs each month, means we don't have a minute to waste. And we've acted with care because we don't have a single taxpayer dollar to waste either."

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[opihimoimoi]

1. This guy had been reading/comprehending many Leadership books.

His knowledge of how to act and think is by no means perfect...but compared to Bush/McCain....he is way up there

forget Palin...or Mitt/Newt

President Obama has passed the test for many Americans....

[Thrill]

2. MSM trying their best to make sure Obama doesn't get much credit

Now they're claiming his order may not of been neccessary. lol. Just saw this on MSNBC

[MoJoWorkin]

4. Yes, I just saw that as well. Now we know what their talking points will be.

We knew it was coming.

[AtomicKitten]

3. Obama's adversaries are loathe to give him any credit for the good outcome.

n/t