Six congressional delegates visit Camp Eggers

Photo By Chief Petty Officer Shawn Graham | Rep. Thomas Petri, R-Wis., talks to service members assigned to Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan during a visit to Camp Eggers in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 6, 2008. Representatives Petri, Ellen Tauscher, D-Calif., Jon Porter, R-Nev., Richard Reichert., Nancy Boyda, D-Kan., and Jim Cooper, D-Tenn., were part of a congressional delegation visiting central and southern Afghanistan.  

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN

09.06.2008

Story by Staff Sgt. Beth Del Vecchio 

NATO Training Mission Afghanistan

By Staff Sgt. Beth Del Vecchio
Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan Public Affairs

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Six congressional delegates from different states visited service members at Camp Eggers Sept. 6, 2008, during a tour of bases in central and southern Afghanistan.

Representatives Ellen Tauscher, D-Calif., Thomas Petri, R-Wis., Jon Porter, R-Nev., David Reichert, R-Wash., Jim Cooper, D-Tenn., and Nancy Boyda, D-Kan., shared breakfast with service members from their respective states.

The representatives spoke to the troops about political and military issues relating to the mission here and stateside.

After the visit to Kabul, the group will travel south to visit troops at Kandahar Air Field and Helmand province.

• Date Taken: 09.06.2008
• Date Posted: 09.06.2008 02:30
• Story ID: 23291
• Location: KABUL, AF