Obama Sending U.S. Troops to Africa to Help Local Forces Fight Rebels – Report 10/14/11

President Obama has sent a letter to Congress informing them that he will be sending U.S. troops to Uganda to help local forces fight rebels:

(Fox News) WASHINGTON — President Obama is sending about 100 U.S. troops to central Africa to help local forces battle the Lord’s Resistance Army, a rebel group that the administration says has waged a campaign of murder, rape and kidnapping for more than two decades.

Obama said Friday the troops will act as advisers in efforts to hunt down rebel leader Joseph Kony but will not engage in combat except in self-defense, according to a letter to Congress that was obtained by Fox News.

The White House says the first troops arrived in Uganda on Wednesday. Ultimately, they will also deploy in South Sudan, the Central African Republic and Congo.

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