President to Visit El Paso Tuesday

From the Dallas Morning News - WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama will visit troops at Fort Bliss on Tuesday before delivering an Oval Office address to the nation on Iraq that night, a White House official said Wednesday. The trip to the sprawling base in El Paso will be Obama's fourth visit to Texas and the second this month. Last fall, he celebrated volunteerism at Texas A&M University with former President George Bush. He also spoke at a memorial service at Fort Hood, the nation's largest military installation, after a massacre in November. Two weeks ago, he visited Dallas and Austin to raise campaign cash for Democrats. Obama plans a televised address to the nation on Tuesday at 7 p.m. about Iraq, the White House said. The last U.S. combat troops left Iraq in recent days, leaving fewer than 50,000 U.S. military personnel – the lowest level since the invasion in 2003. About 600 soldiers from the Bliss-based 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division have been returning in recent weeks, about 10 months after being deployed. About 1,200 are expected to remain in Iraq through November. Several hundred are in Afghanistan. Read more here:

President to Visit El Paso Tuesday