With all due respect to the gentleman from California, I would not compare a staff delegation trip to the valiant forces of our armed services who are fighting overseas. I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Coffman), a member of the Armed Services Committee, a combat veteran of the first gulf war, who served again in Iraq 5 years ago with the United States Marine Corps.
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