Obama had been planning to go to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany before a flight to Paris. Gibbs said the stop was canceled because Obama decided "it would be inappropriate to make a stop to visit troops at a U.S. military facility as part of a trip funded by the campaign."

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Aren't the troopers US citizens and qualfied to vote?

Aren't the troopers US citizens and qualified to vote?

There's a majority conservative block in the military.

Obama quipped about Fox News Channel at the military
bases, and he joked that maybe the administration mandated it. In reality, there's a large variety of channels
to choose from, but the troops obviously prefer FNC.