Mass. Gov. Romney Makes Surprise Visit to Iraq
May 24th, 2006 Posted in News Articles
http://www.abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2000063
This photo provided by the Massachusetts governors office shows Gov. Mitt Romney receiving a pennant from Lt. Col. Kevin B. Keenan, Aviation Task Force Commander, Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Tuesday, May 23, 2006, before visiting Iraq. Romney made an unannounced visit to Iraq this week to visit Massachusetts troops and to understand an international hotspot that could also burnish his foreign policy credentials should he run for president in 2008.
This photo provided by the Massachusetts governors office shows Gov. Mitt Romney meeting with a Massachusetts Army National Guard member assigned to Aviation Task Force, Camp Buehring, Kuwait,Tuesday, May 23, 2006, before visiting Iraq. Romney made an unannounced visit to Iraq this week to visit Massachusetts troops and to understand an international hotspot that could also burnish his foreign policy credentials should he run for president in 2008.
Mr. Romney made an unannouced trip to the middle east to visit US troops. He said he was impressed by the determination of U.S. forces during the visit.
“You come back feeling extraordinary appreciation for the troops,” Romney told The Associated Press in a telephone interview after returning to Kuwait from Baghdad.
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