THE TENSION: Combat Camera: US Congressional Delegation Visits Kirkuk, Iraq

U. S. Senator John McCain (R), Arizona, shakes hands with key leaders of the Iraqi police force in Kirkuk, Iraq at the Kirkuk Police Academy as Commander, 1st Brigade, 10th Mountain Division Col. David Paschal and other 10th Mountain Soldiers look on. McCain led a congressional delegation, Nov. 23, on a fact-finding mission in northeastern Iraq. Photographer: Staff Sgt. Margaret Nelson, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.

U.S. Senators John McCain (R), Arizona; Saxby Chambliss (R), Georgia; and Lindsey Graham (R), South Carolina; tour the Kirkuk Police Academy in northeastern Iraq as part of a congressional delegation. The senators visited military leaders in the region as part of a fact-finding mission, Nov. 23. Commander, Multi-national Division North and 1st Armored Division Maj. Gen. Mark Hertling and Soldiers from the 1st Brigade, 10th Mountain Division accompanied the delegation during their visit in northeastern Iraq. Photographer: Staff Sgt. Margaret Nelson, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.

Kirkuk Police Academy Commandant Col. Samir Murshed Khushid briefs U.S. Senator John McCain (R), Arizona, through an interpretor, on the academy's training curriculm as Kirkuk Police Chief Maj. Gen. Jamal Thaker Bakr listens. A congressional delegation visited northeastern Iraq, Nov. 23, to receive updates from U.S. military leaders in the region and key Iraqi officials as part of a fact-finding mission. Photographer: Staff Sgt. Margaret Nelson, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.

Lt. Col. Hussein Hamid Issa, head instructor at the Kirkuk Police Academy explains riot control techniques his recruits are demonstrating to U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R), South Carolina; John McCain (R), Arizona; and Utah Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. (R) during a congressional fact-finding mission, Nov. 23, in northeastern Iraq. The congressional delegation met with key Iraqi Police leaders and senior military officials at Forward Operating Base, Warrior in the Kirkuk province. Photographer: Staff Sgt. Margaret Nelson, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.

U.S. Senator John McCain (R), Arizona, watches Iraq Police recruits conduct a check point exercise as Kirkuk Police Chief Maj. Gen. Jamal Thaker Bakr and Kirkuk Police Academy Commandant Samir Murshed Khushid explain the various steps. McCain led a congressional delegation on a fact-finding mission in northeastern Iraq, Nov. 23. Photographer: Staff Sgt. Margaret Nelson, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.

Kirkuk Police Chief Maj. Gen. Jamal Thaker Bakr explains Iraqi Police procedures to U.S. Senator John McCain (R), Arizona, at the Kirkuk Police Academy, Nov. 23, as an IP looks on. McCain led a congressional delegation on a fact-finding mission in the Kirkuk province of northeastern Iraq. Photographer: Staff Sgt. Margaret Nelson, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.

U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R), South Carolina; John McCain (R), Arizona; and Utah Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. (R), watch Iraqi Police recruits practice crowd control drills with Kirkuk Police Chief Maj. Gen. Jamal Thaker Bakr as Kirkuk Police Academy Commandant Samir Murshed Khushid explains the various steps during a congressional fact-finding mission, Nov. 23, in northeastern Iraq. The congressional delegation met with key Iraqi Police leaders and senior military officials at Forward Operating Base, Warrior in the Kirkuk province. Photographer: Staff Sgt. Margaret Nelson, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.