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In August 2007, Sembler was among prominent [[conservative]]a funding [[Freedom's Watch]], a new White House [[front group]]<ref>[http://www.lasvegasgleaner.com/las_vegas_gleaner/2007/08/adelson-runs-at.html "Adelson runs attack ads against Porter,"] ''Las Vegas Gleaner'', August 22, 2007.</ref> which began "a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign to urge members of [[Congress]] who may be wavering in their support for the [[war in Iraq]] not to 'cut and run'."<ref name>[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/22/washington/22war-web.html?_r=1&ref=us&oref=slogin "Group to Urge War Support,"] ''New York Times'', August 22, 2007.</ref>
In November 2005 it was reported that Sembler donated to the legal defense fund of [[I. Lewis Scooter Libby]], the now-convicted former Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to Vice President [[Dick Cheney]].<ref>[http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=I._Lewis_Scooter_Libby#Libby.27s_Money_Men_.28and_Woman.29 Libby's Money Men (and Woman),] SourceWatch article.</ref>
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==Profiles==
Sembler had previously served as Ambassador to Australia and Nauru by [[George H.W. Bush]] in 1989. [http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/7043.htm] "Sembler served as Finance Chairman for the [[Republican National Committee]] from 1997 to 2000. He also served as Florida's National Committeeman to the Republican National Committee after his election in 1994 until 2000."<ref>[http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/7043.htm Biography: Melvin Sembler, Ambassador, Italy Term of Appointment: 11/16/2001 to present,] [[U.S. Department of State]], January 8, 2002.</ref>
