Rep. Roy Blunt visits Iraq

Not be to outdone by his son, Rep. Roy Blunt, R-Missouri, is in Iraq meeting with laeders there. According to NBC, Blunt and a group of congressmen and senators met with the U.S. ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad and the spaker of Iraq's national assembly, Mahmoud Al-Mashhadani. Here's Blunt's sound bite:

"We had a tremendous discussion with the speaker. We not only wish him and the parliament the very best as they represent this permanent and elected government, but also wish the government, which we see as broad-based and able to meet the needs of this diverse and strong country, we wish them the very best."

Blunt's delegation was also the first from Congress to visit the Kurdistan region of Iraq.