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“crystallizes the commitment of the United States to help bring an end to the brutality and destruction that have been a hallmark of the LRA across several countries for two decades, and to pursue a future of greater security and hope for the people of central Africa. The Lord’s Resistance Army preys on civilians – killing, raping, and mutilating the people of central Africa; stealing and brutalizing their children; and displacing hundreds of thousands of people.  Its leadership, indicted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity, has no agenda and no purpose other than its own survival.  It fills its ranks of fighters with the young boys and girls it abducts.  By any measure, its actions are an affront to human dignity.”

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The president made this announcement in a letter to House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, Friday afternoon, saying that “deploying these U.S. Armed Forces furthers U.S. national security interests and foreign policy and will be a significant contribution toward counter-LRA efforts in central Africa.”

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The list of tobacco-free worksites in Albert Lea has spiked this year.

On July 1, six places decided to officially kick the habit off their property. That brings the tally of tobacco-free worksites to nine.

And it means Freeborn County employees working in smoke-free environments is now 23 percent, according to Ellen Kehr, the Statewide Health Improvment Program coordinator in Freeborn County.

“Tobacco-free grounds make sure not smoking is an easier choice, and it protects the health of all employees,” said Kehr, a former smoker.
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