
100109-N-9594C-057 KABUL Canadian Maj. William M. Church, left, NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan (NTM-A), and U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell talk during a tour of the Central Training Facility (CTC), Kabul, on January 9, 2010. Sen. McConnell was joined by Senators Lisa Murkowski, Roger F. Wicker and Mike Crapo and Rep. Michael Castle for a visit to CTC and other facilities in the area. The Congressional delegation received briefings from CTC, NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan (NTM-A), and International Security Assistance Force senior leadership and met with Afghan National Police officers while in the Kabul area. The mission of NTM-A is to train the Afghan National Security Forces and enhance the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistans ability to achieve a stable and secure country (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist F. Julian Carroll)
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is back on Capitol Hill. McConnell returned Monday nearly six weeks after he fell at a Washington hotel and suffered a concussion. The Kentucky Republican has been recovering at home since he was released from a rehab center in late March. Meanwhile, Democratic Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania also returned to work Monday for the first time since he was hospitalized for clinical depression. He spent six weeks at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center before he returned home last month.