How will the U.S. Army limit access to Sarah Palin for her Fort Bragg visit?
The US Army plans to restrict media coverage of an appearance by Sarah Palin at a military base to prevent the event from turning into a political protest against President Barack Obama, officials said. Palin, the former Republican running mate in John McCain’s failed 2008 presidential bid, is due to visit Fort Bragg army base in North Carolina on Monday as part of a tour promoting her new book. After initially prohibiting reporters from covering the book signing, which sparked protests from news organizations, army officials later announced a pool arrangement with a handful of journalists allowed on base “due to space and safety considerations.” “The intent of restricting media coverage is to stop this event from turning into a political platform that is critical of our commander-in-chief,” a spokesman for the base, Thomas McCollum, told AFP in an email. “Fort Bragg, nor any other Army installation, cannot be used or appear to be used as endorsing criticism of the commander-in-chief,”
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US Army plans to restrict media coverage of an appearance by Sarah Palin at a military base to prevent the event from turning into a political protest against President Barack Obama, officials said. Palin, the former Republican running mate in John McCain’s failed 2008 presidential bid, is due to visit Fort Bragg army base in North Carolina on Monday as part of a tour promoting her new book. After initially prohibiting reporters from covering the book signing, which sparked protests from news organizations, army officials later announced a pool arrangement with a handful of journalists allowed on base “due to space and safety considerations.” “The intent of restricting media coverage is to stop this event from turning into a political platform that is critical of our commander-in-chief,” a spokesman for the base, Thomas McCollum, told AFP in an email. “Fort Bragg, nor any other Army installation, cannot be used or appear to be used as endorsing criticism of the c
