5/28/2008 8:43:45 AM Senator Obama: When will you finally visit Iraq?

Last Friday, Vets for Freedom PAC launched its first internet advertisement, which asks Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) why he is willing to meet, unconditionally, with foreign dictators, but has yet to meet with General David Petraeus and hasn’t visited Iraq in over 2 years. The ad features retired Iraq war veteran Sergeant Garrett Anderson and can be viewed here. Sergeant Anderson served in Iraq with the Illinois Army National Guard, and was severely wounded when his patrol was hit by an IED.  The facts are the facts, and the ad speaks for itself.

Predictably, the ad sparked fierce opposition that reported incorrect information, accusing Vets for Freedom PAC of being a ‘right-wing 527 attack organization’.  Vets for Freedom is not a 527, nor a right wing attack organization. Our 24,000 members and 50 state chapters comprise a cross-section of America’s veterans—Republicans, Democrats, conservatives, and liberals—all of which are interested in one thing: victory in Iraq, Afghanistan, and overall the War on Terrorism.

This morning we released a second ad, featuring Iraq war veteran and Vets for Freedom member, Specialist Kate Norley.  Click here to view the ad or go to www.VetsforFreedom.org. Specialist Norley served 16 months on the front lines as a combat medic in Iraq, and asks Senator Obama two simple, but powerful, questions:

1. Senator Obama, when will you finally decide to go back to Iraq, to see the progress first hand?
2. And when will you finally decide to meet one-on-one, unconditionally, with General Petraeus?

The ad also discusses the incredible progress that has been made in the 2 ½ years since Senator Obama’s last visit.  Violence is down 70%, the civil war in Iraq is over, Al Qaeda has been decimated, political progress is occurring, and the Iraqi Army is taking the lead.  The surge has worked and America is closer to success in Iraq.

For more information or to schedule interviews with Pete Hegseth, Garrett Anderson, Kate Norley or other Iraq/Afghanistan veterans, please contact Judy Mayka at (202) 338-4070, Brian Marriott at (703) 593-1679 or media@vetsforfreedompac.org

Vets for Freedom is a nonpartisan 501(C) (4) non profit organization, formed in January 2006.  Our mission is to educate the public about the importance of achieving success in the Global War on Terror by applying our first-hand knowledge to issues of American strategy and tactics.

Vets for Freedom Political Action Fund, a federal PAC registered with the Federal Election Commission, was formed in November 2007.  Vets for Freedom PAC aims to support those candidates, regardless of party, who recognize the importance of achieving success in the Global War on Terror.  Vets for Freedom and Vets for Freedom PAC are separate organizations. Vets for Freedom PAC is the sole sponsor and funder of the ad mentioned above.

Paid for by Vets for Freedom PAC, not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee.  www.vetsforfreedom.org/pac