Obama is scheduled to deliver a speech from the base in Jacksonville today.

Kody Ray Brittingham, 20, faces up to five years in prison and three years of supervised release if convicted of threatening the president-elect, according to U.S. Attorney George E.B. Holding.

Brittingham also could be fined up to $250,000.

According to a news release, Brittingham told people in November that he intended to shoot Obama, among other things.

"We take all threats against the president and other high officials of the United States very seriously," Holding said. "The threat itself represents a disruption of the United States government, even if no actual attempt is made to carry out the threat."

Obama is expected to unveil his plans to withdraw combat troops from Iraq today. He is scheduled to arrive on Air Force One at the Cherry Point Marine Corps Air station in the morning, according to a White House news release.

Obama will speak from the Goettge Memorial Field House about 11:45 a.m., the release said.

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