French action in northern Africa has stirred up tension in the region as a French hostage is murdered execution style in Somalia and al-Qaeda-linked militants take hostages in nearby Algeria.
With a backdrop of four elementary students, President Obama reported that since the Sandy Hook shootings where 20 first graders died at the hands of a gunman, 900 people have died in gun violence in America, after which, he laid out some of his 23 executive orders to reduce the gun violence in America.
It was reported on Tuesday, January 15th, by Alaska State Trooper Dispatch, that the Alaska Bureau of Investigation was notified on Sunday of an inmate's death at the Anchorage Correctional Complex.
It was announced by the French Defense Ministry that France has 750 troops on Mali soil and nearly 1,700 additional troops will take part in the Mali offensive.