Vets For Freedom

Vets For Freedom
Formation2006
HeadquartersSan Francisco, CA
Key people
Websitehttps://www.usfca.edu/arts-sciences/programs/graduate/public-leadership

Vets for Freedom is an American political advocacy organization founded in 2006 by veterans of the Iraq and Afghan wars, with connections to Republican Party leaders.[1] The group was initially founded as a 527 group.[1][2]

During the 2006 election, the group supported Senator Joseph Lieberman, who ran for reelection as an independent after losing the Democratic nomination.[1] The group spent about $4.1 million on campaign ads in the 2008 election,[3] mostly on ads promoting the "surge" of U.S. troops in the Iraq War in 2007.[4]

  1. ^ a b c Jennifer Medina, War Veterans Lend Support to Lieberman in TV Ads, The New York Times (September 2, 2006).
  2. ^ Evans, Will (4 August 2008). "Profile: Vets For Freedom".
  3. ^ Advertiser: Vets for Freedom, The New York Times, Election Guide 2008.
  4. ^ Michael Falcone, Conservative Group Takes on Obama in Ad and Film, The New York Times (July 22, 2008).