Bob Corker, U.S. Senator for Tennessee
February 2007 Visit to Iraq
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Tennessee Service Members in Iraq
(2/18/07) Senator Bob Corker met with Tennessee soldiers of the1st Cavalry Division in Baghdad . Pictured from left to right: MAJ Scott Taylor of Murfreesboro, PFC Robert Black of Giles, MAJ Phil Brooks of Fayetteville, PFC John Dillon of Clarksville, SGT Edward Brooks of Clarksville and SGT Robert Niter of Memphis. -
Armored HUMMV
(2/18/07) At Camp Arafjan in Kuwait, Senator Corker listened to a U.S. soldier explain the defense systems attached to armed personnel carriers used in Iraq. The apparatus in the foreground is an IED (improvised explosive device) jammer on the front end of an up-armored HUMMV. -
Aboard C-130
(2/18/07) Senator Corker chatted with a U.S. pilot from the cockpit of the CODEL’s C-130 bound for Iraq. -
Briefing with Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno
(2/18/07) In Baghdad, Lieutenant General Odierno briefed Sen. Corker and members of the Congressional delegation on weapons used by enemy insurgents in Iraq. The munitions pictured were manufactured in Iran. From left: Lieutenant Gen. Raymond Odierno, Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), U.S. Senator Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-AZ) and U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce (R-NM). -
Meeting with Gen. Petraeus
(2/18/07) Senator Bob Corker and other members of the Congressional delegation to Iraq received a briefing in Baghdad from Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq . Pictured from left to right: U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce (R-NM), U.S. Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ), Gen. David Petraeus, Commander Multi-National Forces-Iraq, U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-AZ).
