To Iraq and Back Guest: Terri Moore USDA/AFBF Communications

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Mike Johanns, led a small delegation to Baghdad in 2006.  It was during the very stormy period following the ouster of the Saddam Hussein Regime.

I was the only reporter in the delegation as we flew from Washington, D.C, to Turkey and then boarded a C-17 cargo plane for Baghdad.  The visit was only one day but it was memorable with three attacks on the U.S.  Embassy where we were implementing an agreement to bring in agriculturalists to rebuild Iraqi irrigation canals and farms.

Terri Moore was Director of Communications for USDA.  She organized the trip and was part of the delegation. Moore now serves as Vice President of Communications for the American Farm Bureau Federation in Washington, D.C.