Earlier this month, I began a petition effort encouraging people to thank General David Petraeus for his service and to support our troops as they fight to protect our freedom and fighting the radical Islamic jihadists.

I'm happy to say that we had more than 4,800 people sign our petition leaving words of praise, gratitude and support for our men and women serving in the Armed Forces. Your words of encouragement and support will be delivered to General Petraeus so he can pass them along to the troops.

This past year, we have made tremendous progress in Iraq under the leadership of General Petraeus and through the hard work of our soldiers on the front lines. I hope our brave soldiers will soon be able to hand over the care of Iraq to a stable government with the army and police forces necessary to protect their citizens and their way of life from the vials of terrorist groups like Al Qaeda or the separatist militias that seek to disrupt their new democracy.

Thank you again for all your kind words to our troops. I hope they can count on your continued support in the months to come as they work abroad to protect our freedom here at home.

Sincerely,

Mike Conaway

Congressman, TX-11