In what some Republicans are calling a defiant act intended to humiliate the United States, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards seized and detained two U.S. Navy boats and 10 American sailors on Tuesday, just hours before President Obama was to deliver his final State of the Union address to the nation.
The sailors, nine men and one woman, were detained near Farsi Island. The sailors were reportedly on a training mission when one of the boats encountered mechanical problems and drifted into what Iran says are its territorial waters.
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama has invited 23 guests to sit with the First Lady during his final State of the Union address Tuesday night, and already the identities of some are making waves.
Among those sitting with the First Lady will be Refaai Hamo, a Syrian refugee, and Jim Obergefell, the lead plaintiff in Obergefell v. Hodges, the case that legalized gay marriage across the nation.
