Sen. Graham Returns to Iraq; in camoflage February 22, 2008
Posted by Judith in Military Service.Tags: Air Force, Iraq, Lindsey Graham, Stars and Stripes
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Sen. Graham is in Iraq to complete a third tour of duty according to Stars and Stripes. He was in Iraq in May and August of 2007 as well for short tours of duty. He is an Air Force Reservist and teaches at the Judge Advocate General School in Alabama.
Graham told Stars and Stripes in an interview “I’d like to do more, but [with] the day job, you know in the Senate, it’s hard to get away for any long period.”
Graham is proving again that he is dedicated to serving his country, both in uniform and out. It may seem odd for a politician to be in uniform, but there is precedent stretching back in history and Sen. Graham is just another link in that proud history.
After Tour of Duty in Iraq, Graham Backs ‘Surge’ August 27, 2007
Posted by Judith in Military Service.Tags: Air Force, Iraq, Lindsey Graham, Washington Post
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Robin Wright
The Washington Post
The following is excerpted from an article in The Washington Post (August 28, 2007):
After serving two weeks of reserve duty in Iraq, Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) yesterday called for continuation of the “surge” of U.S. troops in Iraq and warned that any decision to mandate a withdrawal this year would undercut critical gains made in recent months.
Graham, a colonel in the Air Force Reserve and a longtime supporter of military deployment in Iraq, is the only member of the Senate to serve in Iraq.
“With all due respect to Senator Warner, the model he is suggesting — to put pressure [on the Iraqi government] by mandating troop withdrawal — is exactly the opposite of what we should do,” Graham said in an interview after returning from Iraq this past weekend. “I believe the pressure that will lead to reconciliation will not be from what an American politician thinks but what the Iraqi people think. And I’m confident that the Iraqi people have turned a corner.”
Sen. Lindsey Graham – The Only Elected Reservist to Serve in Iraq May 13, 2007
Posted by Judith in Military Service.Tags: Air Force, CBS, CNN, FoxNews Sunday, Iraq, Lindsey Graham, South Carolina, Spartanburg Herald-Journal, The State, US Navy
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Senators and Congressmen who travel to Iraq typically go as part of a congressional delegation for a few days and then leave to report their findings to the public once they arrive home. Sen. Lindsey Graham recently went on such a visit with Sen. John McCain, but after McCain and his other colleagues left he changed into Air Force desert camouflage and served eight days with the Rule of Law Task Force in Iraq.
This makes him unique among his four colleagues that are reservists. Senator Graham is the only sitting elected official to have ever voted for a resolution authorizing use of military force and then served himself.
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Graham Serves in Afghanistan September 14, 2006
Posted by Judith in Military Service.Tags: Afghanistan, Air Force, Lindsey Graham, The State
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Sen. Graham is the only member of the National Guard or Reserves who serves in the U.S. Senate. He recently returned from a tour of duty in Afghanistan where he helped to train Afghan lawyers and judges.
