need help, please. anybody have a list of the representatives whose offspring either are currently,

[niyad]

or have served, in iraq and afghanistan? I think there are about 4--including sen. webb's son.

thank you in advance.

[KamaAina]

1. Tim Johnson's son Brooks is another

he's a twofer, in fact, having served in both Afghanistan and Iraq.

What a surprise. Another Democrat. Any repuke offspring out there who aren't chickenhawks? Well?

[acmejack]

2. Duncan Hunter.

Hiis kid is a Capt in the Marines.

[Cass]

3. I think Joe Biden's son has served in Iraq.

I seem to remember him mentioning that when talking about the torture scandal.

[niyad]

5. I couldn't find any information on biden's son serving. do you have a link or anything?

[Cass]

6. Here you go. It was during a 2004 hearing with Ashcroft about torture memos.

Biden told Ashcroft that prohibitions against torture are intended to "protect my son in the military. That's why we have these treaties. So when Americans are captured, they are not tortured. That's the reason, in case anybody forgets it."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24867-2004Jun8.html

[babylonsister]

4. Here's a recent article:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-01-22-iraq-congress_x.htm

Lawmakers have loved ones in combat zone
Updated 1/23/2007 11:07 AM ET


By Kathy Kiely, USA TODAY

WASHINGTON — Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., lost his nephew, Philip, in Iraq. Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., says his son, Alan, had two close calls: one from an improvised explosive device, the other from a sniper.

Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., credits his nightly prayers with his son Perry's narrow escape from a mortar attack in Fallujah.

Almost four years into the war, the conflict in Iraq has begun to touch some of the lawmakers who authorized it in a very personal way.

That reality — which stands in stark contrast to the popular stereotype of Congress — will be embodied tonight by Sen. Jim Webb, the Virginia Democrat delivering the response to President Bush's State of the Union address.

Webb's eldest son, Jimmy, is a Marine in the combat zone. He can't bring himself to talk about his son — not even to the president — but others speak eloquently of their loved ones' sacrifices.

"I understand and sympathize with the Americans who continue to support this war because they do not want their family and friends to have died in vain," Baucus said of his nephew's death in a Senate speech Feb. 10. "I know what it is like to pray for a reason and to become determined not to lose."

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[babylonsister]

7. Any time!

:hi: