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In July 2006, VFF&mdash;calling itself the [[Vets for Freedom Action Fund]] (VFF-AF)&mdash;registered<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070208191741/http://www.vetsforfreedom.org/ Archived copy of most recent update to Vets for Freedom Action Fund home page], February 8, 2007.</ref> with the IRS as a [[527 committee]] national [[lobbyist|lobby]]. It was, in essence, a [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[front group]] managed by Republican-affiliated [[public relations]]<ref>[http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Vets_for_Freedom_Action_Fund#High-Level_Republican_Media_Outlets.E2.80.94Embedded:_Connecting_the_Dots "VFF-AF High-Level Republican Media Outlets&mdash;Embedded: Connecting the Dots,"] SourceWatch.</ref>, [[media]]<ref>[http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Vets_for_Freedom_Action_Fund#High-Level_Republican_Media_Reps "VFF-AF High-Level Republican Media Reps,"] SourceWatch.</ref>, legal<ref>[http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Vets_for_Freedom_Action_Fund#High-Level_Republican_Legal_Representation "VFF-AF High-Level Republican Legal Representation,"] SourceWatch.</ref>, and political consultants, including former White House spokesman [[Taylor Gross]], to defeat candidates who advocate an end to the US [[occupation of Iraq]].

==Non-partisan, bi-partisan or neocon [[lobbyist]]s?==