President Elect Donald Trump and his Secretary of Defense nominee, General James “Mad Dog” Mattis, are traveling together today to Fayetteville North Carolina for a Thank You Rally.

It is not coincidental that President Stompy Feet delivers a speech today in Tampa Florida declaring he is important too:

WASHINGTON DC – Previewing the speech for reporters Monday, Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes said Obama will zero in on how he has sought to shift military strategy away from large-scale deployments to a more sustainable targeted approach, attacking specific terrorist threats.

“He will very sharply want to summarize the progress that’s been made,” Rhodes said. (link)

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — President Barack Obama says the fight he’s led against the Islamic State group has been relentless, sustainable and multilateral. He says it demonstrates a shift in how the U.S. takes on terrorists around the world.
Obama is speaking at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida, home to U.S. Special Operations Command and U.S. Central Command. It’s Obama’s last major national security speech before leaving office.
Obama is defending a counterterrorism strategy that has relied on U.S. special forces and local groups rather than large-scale U.S. ground forces. He says the U.S. built a “network of partners” to help fight extremists. Obama says the U.S. is “breaking the back” of IS.
Obama notes that he is poised to become the first president to serve two full terms at war. (read more)