Congressman Mark Green in Iraq

Summary Report on House International Relations Committee Delegation Trip to Iraq, Jordan and Turkey

October 21-28, 2003

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- Trip Fact Sheet -

Dates of Travel                      Tuesday, October 21, 2003, to Tuesday, October 28, 2003

Countries Visited                   Iraq, Jordan, Turkey

Delegation Members            U.S. Rep. Mark Green (R-Wisconsin)

                                                U.S. Rep. Tom Lantos (D-California)

                                                U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-California)

                                                U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minnesota)

                                                U.S. Rep. Max Burns (R-Georgia)

                                                U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot (R-Ohio)

                                                U.S. Rep. Peter King (R-New York)

                                                U.S. Rep. Chris Bell (D-Texas)         

Wisconsin                               Army Colonel James Laufenburg, Cedarburg

Personnel Met                       Army Lt. Colonel Joe Buche, Fond du Lac

(partial list)                             Army Major Brian Winski, Milwaukee

Army Captain Mark Hayry, Spencer

Air Force Captain Brian Erb, Waunakee

Army Staff Sergeant Robert McCormick, Niagara

Army Staff Sergeant Gregg Gokey, Wisconsin Rapids

Army Specialist Tim Hoffman, Fond du Lac

                                                Army Specialist Duane Belling Jr., Tomahawk

                                                Civilian Technician Greg Berge, West Salem

Officials Met                          Coalition Provisional Authority Chief of Staff Pat Kennedy

(partial list)                             Chief Weapons Inspector David Kay

                                                Coalition Forces CO Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez

101^st Airborne CO Major General David Petraeus

                                                King Abdullah II of Jordan

                                                Members of Iraqi Governing Council

Mark with General Ricardo Sanchez, commander of coalition ground forces in Iraq.

Mark with Chief Weapons Inspector David Kay.

Mark having lunch with members of the 101st Airborne from Wisconsin.

Mark with members of the 101st Airborne from Wisconsin

Mark with members of the 101st Airborne from Wisconsin.

Rep. Green on the flight deck of a C-130 transport plane with an Air Force captain.

The rocket launcher used in the attacks on the al-Rasheed hotel in Baghdad. 
The launcher was disguised as a portable electrical generator.

Rep. Green in a mess hall sitting with Wisconsin soldiers.

Rep. Green in a mess hall with more Wisconsin soldiers.