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Wednesday, 29 July 2009 19:00 |
WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, Cong. Mike Quigley (IL-5) returned home after a four-day Congressional Delegation (CODEL) trip to Iraq and the Middle East region. After only 100 days in office, Quigley wanted to travel to the warzone to gain firsthand knowledge of the frontlines and in order to make sure both the use of current resources and withdrawal from the region was strategic, expeditious, and transparent.
Quigley visiting with airmen from Illinois at a base near Baghdad
Quigley in the cockpit of a C-130, flying from Kuwait to Baghdad
Quigley getting to know troops from Illinois over lunch
Quigley helping to destroy weapons taken from or turned in by insurgents
Reps. Quigley, Platts, Lynch, Courtney, and Higgins,
Rep. Quigley before boarding army helicopters
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