Fox & Friends: We should have been more clear that our story on Obama apologizing to Japan wasn’t true. Watch.
If the classic line about not getting bogged down in a land war in Asia is good advice, I’d imagine getting bogged down in land wars in Asia and Africa at the same time would also be ill-advised. More on the U.S. foray into central Africa.
Two days ago, the U.S. deployed combat troops to central Africa to serve as advisers to regional forces battling the Lord’s Resistance Army. News of the deployment came a few minutes ago in a letter dated today from President Obama to John Boehner (R-OH), speaker of the House, and Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI), president pro tempore of the Senate. The letter was released publicly by the White House.
A total of 100 combat-equipped troops will eventually be deployed, with the rest being dispatched in the next month, according to the letter. “However, although the U.S. forces are combat-equipped, they will only be providing information, advice, and assistance to partner nation forces, and they will not themselves engage LRA forces unless necessary for self-defense,” Obama writes.
We’ll have more on this surprise move and what exactly the LRA is shortly.
Rick Perry’s wife Anita says she and her husband have been “brutalized” by the press and his opponents because of his deep Christian faith. Watch.
Perry energy plan: Tell “environmental bureaucrats” to “stand down.”
How the big showdown at Occupy Wall Street this morning ended up not happening.
The dismal economy isn’t just affecting people’s bottom line. The US birth rate has dropped dramatically as the economy has tanked. Check out this chart.
Looking at the chart it seems like only two states, both pretty flat, have managed to buck the trend.
Experts say Rick Perry’s plan to have the US military fight drug cartels in Mexico might not work out so well.