And now for something completely different.
While the country obsesses over England's royal baby and/or the aftermath of the George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin trial, let's take a look at U.S. foreign policy, shall we?
A number of progressives seemed to be in high dungeon last month when President Obama announced that the U.S. would begin sending arms to Syrian rebels (which still has yet to happen). Critics said we would be boosting Al Qaeda, and in the words of Sarah Palin, perhaps we should just let "Allah decide."
Well, apparently those arm shipments (whenever they happen) will be the extent of U.S. involvement there, as stated by Joint Chief of Staff General Martin Dempsey in a letter sent to Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin. The New York Times reported that Dempsey wrote that long-range strikes on the Syrian government's military targets would require "hundreds of aircraft, ships, submarines and other enablers," and cost "in the billions."
In other words, there is likely not going to be anything beyond what the president has already declared in terms of action on this front.
Okay, now back to the issues at hand. Yesterday, Florida Sen. Bill Nelson became one of the only Florida Democrats we know of who refused to say much of anything about the state's controversial "stand your ground" law, which has become a major topic again in the wake of the Zimmerman/Martin verdict (click here to read about Nan Rich's reaction to Nelson's comments).
Yesterday, Nelson spoke to reporters at Tampa International Airport, where he was present to highlight the fact that Tampa has become one of the latest American airports to offer Global Entry, a service that allows those who qualify to avoid long lines at customs when returning to the states from overseas.
And when we reported last month on Feeding America Tampa Bay, we were told by officials there that they were happy to cooperate on a story because they said they really needed to get their story out to the public. Well, apparently CL's story only scratched the surface because they are now working with one of the city's biggest PR firms, ChappellRoberts, to expand their brand.