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President to deliver address at Camp Lejeune
President to deliver address at Camp Lejeune
The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Feb 26, 2009 22:07:12 EST

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Barack Obama is making his first visit to North Carolina since his election last November.

The White House announced on Wednesday that the president will deliver an address at Camp Lejeune. His visit is scheduled for Friday.

Obama’s visit comes following word from administration officials that he is expected to order all U.S. combat troops to leave Iraq by August of next year.

Lejeune is home to the Corps’ 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, which Obama tapped last week for a summer deployment to the Afghan front.

The Corps confirmed plans to activate the MEB after Obama announced Feb. 17 that he is sending an additional 17,000 troops to Afghanistan this spring to bolster international forces now battling an emboldened insurgency there. That number includes 8,000 Marines from throughout the Corps.


Rest of article at: http://marinecorpstimes.com/news/2009/02/ap_obama_lejeune_022509/%2e
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