Bordallo to travel to Iraq as Part of Congressional Delegation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—June 2, 2006—Washington, D.C.—

Congresswoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo departed for Iraq today with an official Congressional Delegation led by Congressman John Kline (MN). Congressman Bob Etheridge (NC) and Congressman Michael Conaway (TX) are also traveling with the Congressional Delegation (CODEL). The CODEL will assess the progress of the unity government and the work of the Iraqi Security Forces.

The four-member delegation will meet with military and civilian officials as well as U.S. troops currently serving in the area. Congresswoman Bordallo will specifically meet with members of the Guam National Guard deployed in support of the global war on terror.

This trip to Iraq will be the eighth for Congresswoman Bordallo, a member of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) in her second term in the U.S. House of Representatives. Congresswoman Bordallo traveled to Iraq in April to visit troops from Guam and to meet with military and civilian leadership in the area.

As a current member of the HASC, Congresswoman Bordallo is assigned to the subcommittees on Readiness and Projection Forces.

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Contact:  Alicia Chon in Washington, D.C. at (202) 225-1188 or Joseph E. Duenas at (671) 477-4272/4.

www.house.gov/bordallo

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