The Americans are Coming!

Published: Feb. 6, 2006, midnight

Last year, the Pentagon announced plans to establish the first permanent U.S. military presence in a former Warsaw Pact country. The Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Force Base in southeast Romania will host up to 2,000 American troops on a rotating basis. Residents of the small town near the base, also known as Mihail Kogalniceanu, see the arrival of American troops as a boost to their local economy. For more information about this podcast, go to www.travisfox.com.