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TagsBY TOM HESTER SR.
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
Gov. Chris Christie will travel to Israel and Jordan next week in what is described as an effort to expand business opportunities, experience the culture and meet with the nations’ leaders.
The trip has been tagged as the "Jersey to Jerusalem Trade Mission."
A group of business and religious leaders will join the governor, his family and staff members. Christie will be in Israel from Sunday through Thursday and in Jordan until Easter Sunday.
Christie first announced the trip in October. “I think it’s important for me to continue to get a greater awareness of the world around me as a leader and someone who now has a bit of a national voice,” Christie told a reporter in February. “I think it’s important for me to continue to open up my mind and my experience to things that are outside of the state of New Jersey.”
Travel to Israel has been a tradition for New Jersey governors since Gov. Tom Kean.
Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno will serve as acting governor while Christie is in the Middle East.
