VFF seeks to be a visible advocacy presence on Capitol Hill, and rely heavily on our grassroots "boots on the ground"  to lobby the Congress on issues vital to troops and veterans.  We are pro-mission, and need supporters to rival the powerful anti-war groups funded by the likes of Moveon.org and George Soros. We need to make it clear that Americans will not stand for trading national security in order to score petty political points.

It is clear that the results of a hasty or premature departure from Iraq would be catastrophic not only to the Iraqi people, but the whole Middle East and certainly the United States. Rest assured that  "withdrawal", "Redeployment",  "drawdown" or "a new strategy" are simply sugar-coating one thing-RETREAT-and the result is American forces defeated by Al-Qaeda on the field of battle.

On March 26th we had our National Hero's Tour stops at UNI for a debate with anti-war proffessors, and at the state capitol in Des Moines.  Both events turned out to be great successes.  At the state capitol, we had large numbers of state congressmen, as well as the Govorner, and Mayor of Des Moines, come out and support us.  Look below for pictures of the state capitol event.

The Vets on the Hill event was also a success. We had over 400 Iraq and Afghanistan veterans present at our Nation's Capitol for General Petraeus' Assessment.  State Captain Ben Hayden will be returning to Iraq on August 4th to assess the progress that is going on in Iraq.