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Trip to Iraq, Kuwait, and the Horn of Africa, August 31, 2016

U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and Senate Armed Services Committee, travels to the Middle East for a weeklong national security trip focused on the U.S. fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Senator Heinrich visited Iraq, Kuwait, and the Horn of Africa where he met with top military officials to discuss operations against ISIL, Al Qaeda, and other terrorist organizations, and visited with U.S. troops from New Mexico.