Yesterday in Washington, we had a slumber party in the Senate, Code Pink in the parking lot at Capitol Hill and anti war activists meeting with US Senators. I know because I endured endless stories about the first and a few stories about the second and third.

But somehow, the importance of the Vets For Freedom meeting with Senators and attending a press conference was not to be found.

Vets for Freedom expresses disappointment that veterans were not able to meet with Congressional leadership from both sides of the aisle in Congress today. While many Republican Senators, including leadership, made themselves available for questions and input, interaction from Democratic leadership was noticeably absent. In spite of that, Vets for Freedom members remain committed to speaking with elected leaders on both sides of the aisle.

This trip had been planned in advance of Senator Reid announcing his all nighter, so I find no excuse for leadership on either side to not make time for this group of veterans. There’s more.

I was thankful that Power Line was able to secure a copy of Lt. Hegseth’s remarks at the actual press conference. I will only post his final two paragraphs.

So what we do in Iraq and in the Senate chamber tonight and in the weeks to come will reverberate for generations. But you’re not going to have to stay up all night to figure out what leaving before the job is done does. It weakens American interests, it emboldens America’s enemies and it would leave behind one heck of a bloodbath for Abdul Kattar and millions of Iraqis.

So the vets standing here behind me, I’m proud to say, understand this firsthand. We lived it. We breathed it. Our buddies died for it. And we ask Congress to stand with us, just as these senators are standing with us today, and stand with the troops in Iraq.

Read further and find the reaction of the press to this group of Veterans. If Code Pink makes for better press..to me we really are headed in the “wrong direction.”