Senator and Colonel: Lindsey Graham’s Other Duty

Sen. Lindsey Graham in Iraq, originally uploaded by Rob Bluey.
My brother-in-law and some of his fellow JAG officers got to meet Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a colonel in the Air Force Reserve, this week during his 10-day stint in Iraq. Graham has donned a military uniform three times in the past year, becoming the only member of Congress to serve in Iraq. Stars and Stripes has the story.




February 17th, 2008 at ,12 am
Go Navy! So which one is your brother-in-law?
February 21st, 2008 at ,2 am
Below is a excerpt from the 21FEB08 weekly staff meeting from Baghdad International Airport in Iraq.
- Please keep Col XXXXX in the loop on issues involving VIPs transiting Sather. Had a problem with Senator/Col Graham redeploying through Sather. Was traveling as “Colonel” Graham but when he missed the C-17 flight out of BIAP (was not manifested, showed up late), he reverted to Senator Graham, called CAOC and had C-17 return to get him. Col XXXXXX was not informed of any of this until 24 hours later when he received a call from a flag officer