"You guys are doing a great job over here," Nugent told the audience Saturday.
It was one of several stops in Iraq for the pair, who are visiting Iraq as part of a USO tour.
They had previously performed for U.S. service members in Kosovo, Germany and Italy.
Toby Keith tops decade-end country charts
Dec 18, 2009 3:00 pm PST
Consistent with the genre's commercial history, country music over the past decade largely revolved around male artists, led by Toby Keith, who finishes the 2000s as Billboard's top country artist and ranks as the genre's top s...
Toby Keith stands by war before Nobel performance
Dec 11, 2009 7:00 am PST
American country singer Toby Keith says he won't apologize for supporting U.S. war efforts just hours before performing at the annual Nobel Peace Prize Concert. Keith says he supports American troops who "fight evil" abroad and that he st...
Toby Keith voted songwriter/artist of the decade
Sep 16, 2009 1:00 am PDT
County music star Toby Keith has been voted songwriter/artist of the decade by the Nashville Songwriters Association International. Keith will be honored Oct. 18 for his hits "Courtesy of the Red, White And Blue (The Angry American)," "Wh...
Toby Keith puts "American Ride" in high gear
Jul 13, 2009 7:00 pm PDT
Toby Keith is "about half done" with his next album, "American Ride," which he plans to release this fall. But the album's title-track first single is already taking its ride onto country radio and up the charts. "I've only ever d...
Keith, Paisley, Swift to perform at CMT awards
Apr 24, 2009 10:00 am PDT
Toby Keith, Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts and Taylor Swift will perform during the Country Music Television awards show June 17. The cable channel announced the first round of performers this week. More will be added late...