MSNBC anchor Brian Williams, who formerly helmed the nightly newscast on NBC, mistakenly referred to President Obama as “President Reagan” on Wednesday.
As MSNBC cut away from a live statement Obama was delivering from the White House, Williams picked up the coverage and said, “President Reagan at the White House, Brian Williams with you here in New York.”
Obama was announcing that the U.S. would be keeping more military troops in Afghanistan than had previously been stated.
The U.S. will keep 8,400 American troops in Afghanistan through the end of the year, about 3,000 more than had been planned, Obama said.
