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September 27, 2006

Reed to visit Afghanistan and Iraq

WASHINGTON, DC. -- Sen. Jack Reed will travel to Afghanistan and Iraq next week to get updates from combat units, military leaders and diplomats on the status of the U.S. and allied efforts to those nations.

Reed, a former Army officer who sits on the Senate Armed Services Committee, will spend two days in Afghanistan and two days in Iraq, his office announced today. Reed said he will also make a stop in Pakistan.

Besides seeking assessments of the military situation in Iraq and Afghanistan, Reed will also examine the progress of efforts to rebuild both war-torn nations - a side of the struggle that he has often stressed in his critiques of the Bush administration's wartime leadership.

The tour will mark Reed's ninth trip to Iraq and fifth trip to Afghanistan.

-- John Mulligan, Journal Washington bureau staff

Posted by Jack Perry  at 11:24 AM | Permalink

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