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Fresh from a trip to Iraq, U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn delivered a message of progress about President Bush’s troop increase.
The Colorado Springs Republican is on a whirlwind tour of the Middle East, visiting Iraq, Kuwait, Jordan and Israel as part of a congressional delegation.
The freshman congressman has been a Bush ally on the war, voting against efforts to condemn the troop increase.
In a conference call with reporters Tuesday from Kuwait City, Lamborn said he was surprised by the level of improvement in Iraq’s violent Anbar province.
The congressman met with Gen. David Petraeus in Iraq and predicted the commander would report to Congress on Sept. 15 that the U.S. military has made “satisfactory” progress on all benchmarks in Iraq.
