Just to Be Clear: Obama Gave the Authority for the Phillips Rescue
Prompted by skepticism from Blackfive, Adam Serwer at TAPPED gets Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman to clarify President Obama’s role in yesterday’s rescue of Captain Richard Phillips’ rescue from the Somali pirates:
“„Bryan Whitman from the Office of the Secretary of Defense told me that “The Secretary of Defense requested the required authorities which were approved by the President to conduct this military operation.” Whitman adds that “
