Breaking: Thune in Iraq

By David Montgomery
Published/Last Modified on Monday, Jan 04, 2010 - 10:15:09 pm CST

Sen. John Thune's office just announced that the Republican senator traveled to Iraq today on a Congressional tour with Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn.

Trips to Iraq are rarely announced in advance due to security concerns.

Thune is a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

~~It's unclear if the senator is still in Iraq or if he has left to return to the US. I will update later and hopefully get more information about his trip on his next conference call.~~

The senator is still in Iraq as of Monday evening.

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