Barack Obama actually said...

At the peak of Operation Tomodachi--our single, largest bilateral military operation with Japan ever--the Department of Defense had 24,000 personnel, 190 aircraft, and 24 Navy ships supporting humanitarian assistance and disaster relief efforts.

Context

Statement on the First Anniversary of the March 11 Earthquake

03/08/2012

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