SEALs free U.S., Dane hostages in Somalia - CBS News: "MOGADISHU, Somalia - The same U.S. Navy SEAL team that killed Osama bin Laden parachuted into Somalia under cover of darkness early Wednesday and crept up to an outdoor camp where an American woman and Danish man were being held hostage. Soon, nine kidnappers were dead and both hostages were freed.
President Obama authorized the mission two days earlier, and minutes after he gave his State of the Union address to Congress he was on the phone with the American's father to tell him his daughter was safe.
Mr. Obama referred to the mission before delivering the address. As he entered the House chamber in the U.S. Capitol, he pointed at Defense Secretary Leon Panetta in the crowd and said, "Good job tonight."
U.S. officials confirmed to CBS News national security correspondent David Martin that members of SEAL Team Six -- the same unit that killed Osama bin Laden last year -- parachuted into Somalia and were engaged in a firefight as they neared the pirates' compound in Adado."
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