{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://coffman.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/coffman-spends-christmas-with-troops-in-afghanistan", "Coffman Spends Christmas with Troops in Afghanistan", "2016-12-29", "2016", "2016-12", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Mike Coffman", "C001077", "coffman.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "(Aurora, CO) \u2013 Today, U.S. Representative Mike Coffman (CO-06) returned from Afghanistan where he spent Christmas visiting some of our deployed troops.  \n\t\u00a0  \n\t\u201cThis Christmas, I had the honor of visiting with our troops deployed in Afghanistan,\u201d said Coffman, a Marine Corps combat veteran. \u201cAny opportunity I have to thank our deployed service members for their work, especially around the holidays, is very important to me. I also want to thank the families of those deployed who don\u2019t have their loved one home for the holidays. I want them all to know that their service and sacrifice is appreciated.\u201d  \n\t\u00a0  \n\tCoffman led a bi-partisan Congressional delegation to Afghanistan to meet with deployed U.S. service members and their leadership. Congressman Coffman met with Gen. John W. Nicholson Jr., who is in charge of Operation Resolution support in Afghanistan and also with the 1st Calvary Division commander, Major General John c. Thomson III. Site visits included the Al-Udeid Air Force Base, Bagram Airfield and the U.S. Embassy in Kabul.  \n\t\u00a0  \n\tCoffman has a combined 21 years of military service and serves on the House Armed Services Committee and House Veteran\u2019s Affairs Committee, where he is the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. He is the only member of Congress to have served in both Iraq Wars.\n  \n\t###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["http://coffman.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/coffman-spends-christmas-with-troops-in-afghanistan"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5099840238690376, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}