[Cat loving Texan]

What the hell is the Texas Governor doing visiting Iraq?

[mnehring]

What the hell is the Texas Governor doing visiting Iraq?

How many Ft Hood troops are there? Seems he is supporting Texas citizens.

[ladtx]

Uh -- visiting troops from Texas?

[PAR35]

Your agenda is showing. You didn't even mention the other governors. And if you are really from Texas, why aren't you flying a Texas flag on your home page.

[Mrs. Darla Ruth Schwerin]

"Texas Governor Rick Perry has traveled to Iraq with three other governors in a surprise visit to troops from their states.
Perry joined Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle and Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal."

Sounds like a good idea. Good way to support the troops, Govenors...

[syriacus]

He was just on TV. He was wearing a Texas T-Patch on his jacket, which caught my eye, before I knew who he was.

[syriacus]

Texas Guard Soldiers Prepare to Deploy

Soldiers of the 36th Infantry Division's 56th Brigade Combat Team train on Fort Hood, Texas, for their upcoming deployment to Iraq.

By Master Sgt. Lek Mateo /56th Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Office

FORT HOOD, Texas, Oct. 22, 2004 — For any athletes, constant practice and teamwork can make the difference between winning and losing a big game. But for the soldiers of the 36th Infantry Division's 56th Brigade Combat Team, the intense combat training that they are performing here in preparation for their deployment to Iraq is no game, because losing can mean the difference between life and death.

The call-up of about 3,000 Texas citizen-soldiers for duty in southwest Asia to support Operation Iraqi Freedom is the largest mobilization in the state's history since World War II.

After half a century, the 36th Infantry Division, formally the 49th Armored Division, was reactivated to help transform the Texas Army National Guard into a more mobile and lethal fighting force that will see ,b>a new generation of soldiers wearing the "T-Patch" committed to helping fight the global war on terrorism and carry on the proud legacy established by their predecessors.

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[dfwgator]

I must admit, that until this year, Perry didn't do much for me, but I've come around on him, and I will gladly vote for his re-election.

[penelopesire]

Why do you have a problem with him visiting Iraq? I don't get it.

[The South Texan]

"What the hell is the Texas Governor doing visiting Iraq?"

Is that you, Mrs. Keeton Rylander Strayhon?

[WestTexasWend]

Love him or hate him, Perry and the State of TX ran rings around everyone else during Katrina and Rita, so he's entitled to make this trip...moreso than the other governors, IMO.