but history shows president obama prefers to focus in his state of the union address on domestic issues and not the war in afghanistan. the president has not been talking about it. he s not been explaining what s happening, why it s important to our security. he s pretty much ignored it in the past. a recent study by stars and stripes newspaper showed wars and veteran policy made up 10 pest to 20% of the past five state of the union speeches g e given by president obama compared to his predecessor who spent nearly half of his speeches on national security. president bush mentioned the wars in afghanistan and iraq nearly 50 times in his last state of the union sdraesz. in 2009, president obama mentioned them just six times out of more than 6,000 words. 2002, and barack obama had committed troops rather than been responsible for returning them home with the national mood what it was then, i think there
shows like grill sergeants, a half hour cooking show featuring some of the top chefs as they guide viewers through step by step menu preparation and how to shop there. stars and stripes newspaper may also face cuts along with armed forces radio and television which broadcasts football games and news for service members overseas. their subsidies include 51.6 million dollars for american forces radio and television service, $6.1 for the pentagon channel and $7.8 million for stars and stripes. all of this, some say, a drop in the bucket when you consider what the pentagon is budgeting for fuel for the afghan military alone this year. more than $125 million. and $4 billion it s budgeted to support the afghan military this year alone. but budget hawks say that in the era of costco and sam s club, the commissi commisary may be o
states. newt gingrich and rick santorum are fighting romney for the conservative vote in the south. tiger woods suffered a tournament ending injury. watch him after this approach shot on the 10th hole at doral. look at him. favoring that left leg. tiger withdrew after the 11th hole. he injured that tendon in the masters last year. we begin this hour in afghanistan where an american is accused of a cold blooded killing spree. the pentagon has not released the soldier s name but says he s an army staff sergeant in his mid 30s. he served several tours of duty in iraq but on his first deployment to afghanistan. he s now in custody. u.s. custody. the military says he acted alone. here s what we know. at 3:00 a.m. local time, afghan troops reported seeing a soldier leave his army outpost near kandahar. the united states dispatched a patrol to find him but before they found him, he reached a village 15 miles away. the military says he went door to door shooting people. most of t