[Rome2000]

Have military families always been allowed to visit/protest/inspect combat areas

Shes not authorized to be in country.

She is a disgrace,but a golden nugget for the leftist press who still can't come to terms with the fact that the GOP isn't stupid enough to allow them to broadcast the return of dead soldiers every night.

Such broadcasts didn't happen in WWI, WWII or Korea, which we won, but did for the first time in Vietnam, which we lost, largely because the lying leftist media was allowed to demoralize the nation and sap our troops will to fight.

NEVER AGAIN

[sarasmom]

RE #19.
Nor did they happen in the Cold War, which we also won,BTW.
Oh the liberal socialists, the lamestream media, and the UN tried their very best to lose it, but we had a great President as CINC for eight years, and a very determined and mostly steady group of 18-40 somethings who were more than prepared to finish the job.
Lead, follow, or get out of the way.
This "mommy" needs to encounter an IED, up-close and personal.Preferably far, far away from any US or coalition servicemembers.Perhaps she should have strolled around Israel,Pakistan,Turkey, Saudi Arabia,Lebanon, or India just to get a "feel" for the situation, before she went to Iraq, which is still a designated war zone, as is Afghanistan.
The "end of major combat operations" means the Navy and the Air Force are called in as required by our ground forces, as opposed to striking targets at will.
They, the USAFand USN still lurk around the area, itching for targets.
Anti-USA pukes, and their media supporters, would do well to remember that little fact, before they start vacationing in war zones.