Gilchrest hits the road

I heard about this last Thursday on the AM Salisbury radio show, over the weekend he made it official: 

U.S. Rep. Wayne T. Gilchrest plans to travel to Iraq with a small delegation of Congressmen next week to see first hand the security situation in the region, to meet with Iraqi government officials about the progress of establishing a stable government and to talk to American troops and commanders on the ground in combat.

He will be traveling to Iraq October 4th through October 9th, 2007. It will be his third visit to the region since the war began in 2003. He visited troops in October 2003 and again in August 2004. Gilchrest has also traveled to the Middle East to meet with leaders from Syria, Lebanon, the Palestinian government and Israel.

“There is no substitute for going to Iraq and talking to the men and women who are in this fight every day. This opportunity comes at a critical time in U.S. policy and I’ve always found the best information comes directly from the people involved. When we have to make decisions that will determine the fate and the lives of tens of thousands of American troops, not to mention the Iraqi people, you owe it to them to have the best information,” Gilchrest said.

In addition to visiting Iraq twice since the beginning of the US invasion, Gilchrest has had extensive meetings with returning government officials, veterans and even Iraqi government officials.  The Congressman, a former Marine who served in Vietnam, has also attended almost every funeral of the 28 soldiers and sailors from the 1st Congressional District who have lost their lives since this war began.

I have no idea if anyone reading monoblogue is actually serving our nation overseas but it would be interesting to know what type of reaction he gets from the troops if they find out he’s voted to cut their mission short prior to its victorious conclusion. Or, is he trying to get on record for the winning side as well and what will it do to the part of his base who wants out of Iraq?

Regardless, hopefully he makes it there and back in one piece. As I noted in the Election Calendar below, it’s likely he’ll talk about this on October 11th as a guest on AM Salisbury.

Author: Michael

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One thought on “Gilchrest hits the road”

  1. The entire leadership of the Democrat Party is desperately attempting to be all things to all people, and it is not going to serve them well. Their words are in the public domain, and they are being used to maximum effect. This also applies to the Republican Party. It is an electronic age, a veritable youtubeopia, and people are more involved in getting their on information about candidates and issues than ever in our history.

    And yes, I came in from Rush’s show.

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