He and five other members of Congress arrived in Kuwait City on Saturday, Iraq time, and spent Sunday traveling across Iraq. The first trip was to Baghdad via a C-130 cargo plane.
After a security briefing, the group went to see a facility featuring MRAPS, or mine-resistant ambush-protected armored vehicles.
"(It) is very interesting to me, partly because one of the MRAPS, possibly two of them, various ones, were made in our district in North Mississippi, in West Point, Clay County, Miss.," he said, referring to the armored vehicles designed to survive roadside bombs. "I had a great visit with the men there. I have some wonderful pictures of the MRAPS in action."
Monday, June 30, 2008
Travis Childers visits Iraq
Travis Childers joined a congressional delegation on an official visit to Iraq. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal had this to report.
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