Iraq Vets for Congress, a national group that typically backs military veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan running for Congress, is throwing its support to a non-Vet Tom Goley, who is running for governor.
"I want to express the organization's deep appreciation for an extraordinary civilian running for Governor of Connecticut who served in Iraq in a crucial government position,'' the group's founder, Kieran Michael Lalor, said in an email to supporters.
"Prior to serving as US Ambassador to Ireland and running for Governor, Tom Foley was asked by the White House to deploy his considerable business and management experience in Iraq,'' Lalor writes. "Foley's task was to help reestablish a free enterprise system in Iraq after decades of Saddam Hussein and his brutal henchman running the economy."