Senator Ron Kouchi got himself elected President of the Senate and headed straight to a Turkish celebration of Azerbaijan.

Photos from Kouchi's Facebook page show him celebrating with five other senators at a May 6 "Turkish-American Cultural Reception" sponsored by the "Pacifica Institute" and the "West America Turkic Council." 

Other Senators joining the celebration included J. Kalani English, Clarence Nishihara, Gilbert Keith-Agaran, Donovan Dela Cruz and Suzanne Chun Oakland.

The Daily KOS called the trip "an oil industry-funded junket."  

The Washington Post May 30, 2013 called it, "Time to Cash In".

Politico described the trip as part of "a multimillion-dollar industry of recruiting current and former U.S. officials." 

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