NAIROBI, Kenya-- This week, Governor Eric Holcomb hung around with 130 Hoosiers in the Indiana National Guard stationed at Camp Simba in Kenya.

The business Holcomb went to is from Seymour, Indiana, and has been deployed as part of Operation Enduring Freedom considering that May.

" We are being represented by the very, absolute best," Gov. Holcomb stated.

The Adjutant General of Indiana, Major General R. Dale Lyles, stated the guv's go to gave a boost to company morale as they head into the last quarter of their objective.

" This particular mission is a force security mission, providing the security for a base camp and an airstrip simply south of Somalia," Maj. Gen. Lyles stated.

According to the senior-most military authorities in Indiana, the mission is proving crucial to national security efforts due to the rise of violent extremist companies that have appeared in the region throughout the Global War on Terrorism.

" These males and females that are at Camp Simba are working each and every day with the Kenya Defense Forces to rid this country of the violent extremist companies that are training here," Maj. Gen. Lyles said.

Indiana lawmakers react to Ohio legislating marijuana

Gov. Holcomb likewise attended to concerns better to home, such as Ohio's decision to legislate cannabis. According to the governor, the push from several states to legalize marijuana before the federal government does might end up being disadvantageous.

"I'm a law-and-order kinda guy, therefore as long as leisure marijuana is illegal from a federal viewpoint, it's prohibited in my eyes from a state viewpoint too," Gov. Holcomb stated.

Another top concern is the lack of a brand-new farm costs. Gov. Holcomb said long-term planning from all levels of government is required to safeguard the bottom line and mental health of farmers.

"Whatever our government, federal, state, local, whatever we can do to offer more certainty to the procedure is going to be valuable not just to the yield, but to their mind," Gov. Holcomb stated.

Gov. Holcomb likewise said the American Embassy in Nairobi briefed him Thursday on Kenya's place on the planet. He said there is much potential in Kenya for what Hoosier farmers are producing, which the state will continue to check out connections in Nairobi.