Vets for Freedom: "A Nation at War -- A Congress Divided; Analysis of Key War--Related Senate Votes."

Dear Vets for Freedom Members:

Today, Vets for Freedom released our Senate report card
"A Nation at War -- A Congress Divided; Analysis of Key War--Related Senate Votes."
The report is the hard work of many of our staffers, over many weeks researching twenty eight Senate votes that affected the missions in Iraq, Afghanistan and the overall Global War on Terror.

To view the full report and see how
your senator scored CLICK HERE

Earlier this week another veterans organization released their Congressional ratings with different results and mixed reviews. Unlike other veterans organizations Vets for Freedom focused on the votes that directly address
war time funding and other vital needs for our comrades in combat.
Our report covers all relevant votes rather than a select few, and we worked
hard to make sure every relevant war--related bill was included.

This report separates the rhetoric from the results, and focuses on votes cast
for and/or against bills that were of importance to our warriors still fighting
in Iraq and Afghanistan, and hence, to Vets for Freedom. The one
commitment members of Congress must perform is voting; and our analysis
has shown that high profile members of the Senate, such as Senators Barack Obama and Joe Biden, earned remarkably low scores as a result of their poor voting records on troop funding, timelines, and other fundamental issues of importance to the missions.

There are also some surprising scores, with low ratings for Republican
Senators Chuck Hagel and Olympia Snowe who, instead of taking the
unpopular but correct stand of supporting the Surge, chose to oppose
this key policy issue; whereas former Democrat and now Independent Joe Lieberman scored remarkably high for his commitment to victory.

Vets for Freedom will continue to drive the debate educating the American
people about the strategic success of the Surge and the direction of our
efforts in Afghanistan, and hold our lawmakers accountable for their
positions on the achievement of victory.

Move out and Draw fire,


Pete Hegseth

Chairman, Vets for Freedom