New
York
(Reuters):
Actress
Lindsay
Lohan
wants
to
entertain
US
troops
in
Iraq
and
follow
in
the
footsteps
of
her
idol,
Marilyn
Monroe,
who
visited
soldiers
in
Korea
during
the
1950s.
But
first
Lohan
plans
to
learn
how
to
shoot
a
gun.
''I've
been
trying
to
go
to
Iraq
with
(US
Senator)
Hillary
Clinton
for
so
long.
Hillary
was
trying
to
work
it
out,
but
it
seemed
too
dangerous,''
Lohan,
20,
told
Elle
magazine
in
an
interview
that
hits
newsstands
today.
''I
wanted
to
do
what
Marilyn
Monroe
did,
when
she
went
and
just
set
up
a
stage
and
did
a
concert
for
the
troops
by
herself,''
Lohan
said.
''It's
so
amazing
seeing
one
woman
just
going
somewhere,
this
beautiful
sex
kitten,
who's
basically
a
pinup,
which
is
what
I've
always
aspired
to
be.''
A
spokesman
for
the
former
first
lady,
now
a
New
York
Democrat
expected
to
make
her
own
bid
for
the
White
House
in
2008,
said
Lohan
had
expressed
an
interest
in
going
to
Iraq.
''It
was
suggested
to
her
that
if
she
really
wanted
to,
she
could
pursue
doing
so
through
the
USO
(United
Services
Organization),''
Clinton
spokesman
Philippe
Reines
said.
Lohan,
whose
film
credits
include
Mean
Girls,
Herbie
Fully
Loaded
and
A
Prairie
Home
Companion,
said
she
already
has
plans
to
prepare
for
a
possible
visit
to
Iraq.
''I'm
not
afraid
of
going,''
she
said.
''My
security
guard
is
going
to
take
me
to
a
gun
range
when
I
get
back
to
L.A.,
and
I'm
going
to
start
taking
shooting
lessons.
He
says
if
I'm
going
to
go
there
I
should
know
how
to
shoot.''
Lohan's
interview
comes
a
little
more
than
a
week
after
she
was
publicly
chided
by
film
producer
James
G
Robinson,
who
accused
her
of
failing
repeatedly
to
show
up
for
work
on
time
during
the
shooting
of
her
latest
film,
''Georgia
Rule.''
Lohan's
representatives
had
said
the
actress
had
been
taken
to
the
hospital
for
treatment
of
heat
exhaustion.