US Now has 900 Troops in Jordan, PM Says

"Earlier this month, Washington installed two Patriot missile batteries in Jordan and also deployed a squadron of 12 to 24 F-16 fighter jets. Each Patriot battery has an average of 12 missile launchers. In a letter to US House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner on Friday, US President Barack Obama said that the deployment was made at the request of the Jordanian government."