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President Obama has deployed combat troops to central Africa to aid in the fight against the Lord's Resistance Army. In a letter to Speaker of the House John Boehner, Obama says 12 troops with "appropriate combat equipment" were deployed on October 12 and approximately 100 in total will be deployed including a second combat team and headquarters, communications and logistics personnel. The forces will provide information and advise and assist "select partner nation forces," Obama explains. The troops will not fight except in self-defense. The full letter is after the jump.

US evacuates Americans from CAR; coup forces reported holding roads out of city BANGUI, Central African Republic, Nov 02, 2002 (AP WorldStream via COMTEX) -- Coup forces were reported to be controlling the roads out of the Central African Republic capital on Saturday, and fears of new fighting ran high in a tense city running short of food. A U.S. Air Force C-130 cargo plane evacuated Americans. The plane carried out more than two dozen people - U.S. Embassy workers, other Americans, and other foreign nationals, Lt. Col. Pat Barnes said at U.S. European Command in Stuttgart, Germany. "Everyone...