Veterans Group Hits Obama on Afghanistan and Iraq

By Ed O’Keefe Having targeted Sen. Barack Obama’s stance on the Iraq war before, the pro-McCain group Vets for Freedom that week begins airing a hard-hitting letter accusing the Democratic presidential candidate of focusing more on his campaign than on his Senatorial oversight duties of military operations in Afghanistan. The group will spend $2.2 million to air the ad on cable stations nationwide, and in some California markets. “Skipped” starts by noting Obama’s poor Senate attendance record. It

goes on to say he voted against funding military operations in Iraq and that his Senate subcommittee on European Affairs has yet to hold a hearing on military operations in Afghanistan — familiar lines of attack already used by Republicans during the course of the campaign. The ad concludes by urging passage of Senate Resolution 636, a resolution “recognizing the strategic success of the troop surge in Iraq and expressing gratitude

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