During a trip to Iraq last fall, I visited our theater hospital at Balad Air Force Base and witnessed these skilled medical professionals in action and met the brave soldiers whose lives they saved.

She defeated McSweeney 51% to 44%. They lived in an adjoining district for her entire time in Congress. Melissa Luburich Bean (Serbian Cyrillic: Мелиса Бин Лубурић) (born January 22 1962) is an American politician who was the U.

S. Bean who is of Serb origin is a member of the Democratic Party. Representative for Illinois's 8th congressional district from 2005 to 2011.