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Kix Brooks and Nashville songwriter Bob DiPiero are in the Middle East for a USO tour that also features Robin Williams, Lance Armstrong and comedians Lewis Black and Kathleen Madigan. The troupe has already visited Baghdad during the tour organized at the invitation of U.S. Navy Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. "We just did our first show, and it went great," Brooks said in a statement. "This group of folks I'm traveling with are amazing."