Saturday, December 4, 2010

Troops Cheer President Obama

By BEN FELLER, AP White House Correspondent

(AP) — In a rousing holiday-season visit, President Barack Obama on Friday told cheering U.S. troops in Afghanistan they're succeeding in their vital mission fighting terrorism. ...

... Obama's surprise visit to the war zone, his second as president, came 10 days before he is to address the nation about a new review of U.S. strategy to defeat the Taliban and strengthen the Afghan government so American troops can begin leaving next year. ...

... [T]he president spoke to more than 3,500 service members packed into a huge airplane hangar. After his remarks, he spent more than 10 minutes shaking hands, going around the hangar three times as they grabbed his hand and held cameras and cell phones high to take photos. ...

The complete story is here and has several photos.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I can only imagine what they'd be screaming of Palin were speaking to them. "SHOW US YOUR TITS!!!" would be my first guess.

nswfm said...

After 4 kids, do you really think so?