Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe led a congressional delegation to Iraq over the weekend, with stops in Baghdad and Erbil. The all-Republican delegation included Sens. Mike Rounds of South Dakota, John Boozman of Arkansas, Kevin Cramer of North Dakota, and Reps. Mike Kelly of Pennsylvania and Tim Walberg of Michigan.

The Republican lawmakers were briefed in Baghdad by Army Lt. Gen. Pat White, commander of the Combined Joint Task Force: Operation Inherent Resolve, the name of the U.S.-led, counter-Islamic State coalition. It was the first congressional visit to Iraq since the U.S. drone strike last month that killed Iranian Quds Force commander Gen. Qassem Soleimani.