Somalia Hostage Rescue Details 26-JAN-2012 Navy SEALs

The secret was still intact when President Obama, entering the House chamber Tuesday evening to deliver his State of the Union speech, pointed at his Pentagon chief and said, "Good job tonight." Unknown to a global television audience watching the annual Capitol Hill ritual, a bold U.S. raid was still playing out half a world away with an elite Navy SEAL team's rescue of two hostages in Somalia, one of them an American. It was the same unit that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, two U.S. officials said Wednesday.