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Obama meets with Alabama captain in Oval Office

by Michael O'Brien - 05/09/09 2:35 PM ET
by Michael O'Brien - 05/09/09 2:35 PM ET

President Obama met Saturday with the captain of the Maersk Alabama ship who was captured for days by Somali pirates last month.

The White House released a photo of Captain Richard Phillips and his wife, Andrea, meeting with Obama in the Oval Office.

Phillips will attend this evening’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner as a guest of Bloomberg News.

View a photo of the meeting below:

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