FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Nov. 27, 2008

Release Number 20082711-02

House Armed Services Committee delegation visits Camp Eggers

By Petty Officer 1st Class Cliff Williams

Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan Public Affairs

KABUL, Afghanistan — Servicemembers at Camp Eggers shared breakfast with several members of the House Armed Services Committee, or HASC, delegation during their visit on Thanksgiving Day to Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, or CSTC-A, headquarters.

Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo., HASC chairman, along with Rep. Solomon Ortiz, D-Texas; Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Wash.; Rep. Tim Murphy, R-Pa.; Rep. Madeleine Bordallo, D-Guam; and Rep. David Loebsack, D-Iowa, spent time with several servicemembers from their respective states.

Servicemembers had the opportunity to ask questions of their congressmen.  They also received letters of encouragement from elementary and high school students from their home states.

The visit was part of the delegation’s trip to American forces commands in various areas in Afghanistan over a two-day period.  In Kabul, the delegation was briefed by Maj. Gen. Robert W. Cone, CSTC-A commanding general.

CSTC-A provides advisors, mentors and trainers to help the Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Interior with organizing, training, equipping and supporting Afghan National Security Forces in order to defeat the insurgency; provide internal security; extend and enforce the rule of law; set conditions for economic development; and gain the trust and confidence of the citizens of Afghanistan.

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