Just a quickie for you if you see any "Veterans Group Attacks Hillary" headlies today - the group in question is a wholly owned and funded Koch brothers political subsidiary:
'''Concerned Veterans for America''' (CVA) is a [[501(c)(4)]] non-profit which seems to be funded almost entirely by the [[Koch brothers]] donor network.Matea Gold, "The players in the Koch-backed $400 million political donor network," ''Washington Post'', January 5, 2014. Accessed June 18, 2014. CVA advocates for reductions in federal spending and free market policies, focusing its campaigns on themes related to veterans.Sorry for the sloppy source code - will fix later. Just wanted to get this out before the weekend. And Veterans Day.The group's CEO, [[Pete Hegseth]], was the former executive director of the pro-Iraq War [[Vets for Freedom]]Concerned Veterans for America, Staff, organizational website, accessed June 24, 2014. and as of June 2014 was finance chair of the Republican Party of Minnesota.Cyndy Brucato, "New GOP finance chair Pete Hegseth comes out swinging on VA management," ''Minnesota Post'', June 4, 2014. Accessed June 24, 2014. Hegseth appears to have attended at least one [[Koch network]] summit meeting.
An investigation by ''ProPublica'' found that Concerned Veterans for America submits its IRS filings under the name Vets for Economic Freedom Trust. Those documents list former [[Koch Industries]] managing director [[Wayne Gable]] as a trustee.Kim Barker and Theodoric Meyer, "Who Controls the Kochs’ Political Network? ASMI, SLAH and TOHE," ''ProPublica'', March 17, 2014. Accessed June 18, 2014.