Hagan and Burr spending their holiday's abroad
Sen. Kay Hagan spent some time in Afghanistan over the weekend. From a story in today's paper:
Sen. Kay Hagan got a chance to see Afghanistan and some of the problems faced by the U.S. military there this Memorial Day weekend.She and four other senators spent two days in the country this weekend, evaluating efforts to rebuild the war-torn country and root out the Taliban and Al-Qaeda first hand.
“It’s one thing to hear about it. It’s another thing to be in a helicopter looking over the terrain,” said Hagan on a conference call with reporters Monday.
North Carolina’s junior senator said she visited the Afghan capital city of Kabul and the southern provinces of Kandahar and Helmand, areas where there is rising violence from a resurgent Taliban.
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Meanwhile, Sen. Richard Burr was in Europe for Memorial Day.
U.S. Sens. Richard Burr and Kay Hagan traveled overseas as Congress began its weeklong Memorial Day recess.While Hagan, a Democrat, visited troops in Afghanistan, Burr, a Republican, helped lead Memorial Day ceremonies at the Normandy American Cemetery in France.
Burr praised the American troops who helped liberate France and likened them to American forces fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan today.
“And like their forefathers, the latest American generation to come of age on distant battlefields also knows the horrible toll war exacts on mind, body, and soul,” said Burr’s prepared remarks for the occasion. “Since 2001, they have shouldered the heavy burdens of combat and struggled with its often lonely aftermath.”
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