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Published April 17, 2009, 12:00 AM

Column: Where credit is due

WASHINGTON — Conservatives have a point when they criticize President Obama and his fellow Democrats for not calling the mission in Iraq a “success” or a “victory.” But if they are right about that — and they are — they cannot now withhold praise from President Obama for the flawless rescue of Captain Richard Phillips from the hands of terrorists masquerading as pirates. (More about the misuse of nomenclature in a moment.)

By: Cal Thomas, Syndicated columnist, Worthington Daily Globe

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