A General who Came out Against Bush - Comes Out for Hillary

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by Holden Caufield

Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton endorses Hillary to be President.

"I'm standing with Hillary Clinton today, because she has stood with us," said Major General Eaton. "No one in this race has the strength and expertise on military and veterans' issues that Hillary Clinton possesses."

General Eaton was a leader in the "Generals Revolt" against Bush.

"The (Bush) administration has dumped the entire Middle East problem onto the back of the soldier and the Marine," retired Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton said in an interview from his Fox Island home. "The 'surge,' a modest success, is counterbalanced by our failure to get out a diplomatic surge. ... I believe this administration is incompetent beyond any dream of the American people. This administration is a one-trick pony: military action, military action, military action." Eaton is a product of the U.S. Military Academy. He is the son of a fellow West Point grad, an Air Force pilot who went missing over Laos 38 years ago. Both of Eaton's sons have followed him into the military, one of them


http://ww.mydd.com/story/2007/11/12/133551/71

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1. Kinda absurd statement, considering that Joe Biden is running.

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2. aah shaaaadup!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. I Don't Get It

DSB

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3. Other vets standing by Hillary (from the link)

These other Vets are also standing by Hillary:

New National Military Veterans Co-Chairs are:

General Wesley Clark, Ret., Four Star General, Supreme Allied Commander, NATO

Lt. General Joseph Ballard, Ret., Three Star General, Chief of Engineers and Commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Lt. General Robert Gard, Ret., Three Star General, President Emeritus of the Monterey Institute for International Studies.

Lt. General Donald Kerrick, Ret., Three Star General, Deputy National Security Advisor, Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Lt. General Frederick Vollrath, Ret., Three Star General, Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, Headquarters Department of the Army

Major General Roger Blunt, Ret., Two Star General, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Last Command: 97th Army Reserve Command (ARCOM), Ft. Meade
Chairman, President, & CEO of Blunt Enterprises, LLC

Major General Edward L. Correa Jr., Ret., Two Star General, Adjutant General of Hawaii

Major General Paul Eaton, Ret., Two Star General, Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq, Commanding General

Rear Admiral Connie Mariano, MD, Ret., Two Star Rear Admiral, Navy White House Physician for three Presidents

Major General Paul D. Monroe, Jr., Ret., Two Star General, Adjutant General California National Guard

Major General Robert Scales, Ret., Two Star General, President and CEO of Walden University, Commandant of the United States Army War College,

Rear Admiral Alan Steinman, M.D., Ret., Two Star Coast Guard Admiral, Past Director of Health and Safety of the Coast Guard

Rear Admiral David Stone, Ret., Two Star Rear Admiral, Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for the Transportation Security Administration President & CEO, Alacrity Homeland Group

Brigadier General Michael Dunn, Ret., One Star General, Clinical leader of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's Interoperability Project. Commanded the Walter Reed Health Care System in Washington, DC

Brigadier General Belisario Flores, Ret., Assistant Adjutant General, Texas Air National Guard, Brigadier General Evelyn "Pat" Foote, Ret., One Star General

Brigadier General Keith H. Kerr, Ret., One Star General, Commanding General, Northern Area Command, California National Guard

Brigadier General Virgil Richard, Ret., One Star General, Recipient of the Distinguished Service Medal

Brigadier General Preston Taylor, Ret., One Star General, Assistant Secretary for Veterans Employment and Training

Brigadier General Dr. Jack Yeager, Ret., One Star General, Assistant Adjutant General of West Virginia

Honorable Anthony Brown, Veteran, Maryland Lt. Governor, Past member of the Maryland House of Delegates, Served with distinction in Baghdad, Fallujah, Kirkuk and Basra, Iraq.

Honorable Harold Naughton, Massachusetts State House Representative, Veteran, US Army Reserves, JAG, 8 months in Multinational Force Iraq

Honorable Steven Hobbs, Washington State Senator, Veteran, Tours of duty in Iraq and Kosovo with the US Army and Army National Guard

Mr. Roscoe Brown, Veteran, Tuskegee Airman, WWII

Honorable Louis Caldera, Veteran, Secretary of the Army, President of University of New Mexico

Honorable Edward Chow, Jr., Veteran, Past Vice President of Vietnam Veterans of America, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, U.S. Veterans Administration

Honorable Jimmy Dean, Veteran, Past National Commander of the American Legion

Honorable Ron Dellums, Mayor of Oakland, CA, Former Chair of the House Armed Services Committee

Honorable Herschel Gober, Veteran, Acting Secretary & Deputy Secretary, Veterans Affairs

Honorable Steven Honigman, Veteran, Navy Retired, Former Naval General Counsel (Iraq)

Mr. Thomas Keefe, Veteran, President of The Keefe Group, Nationally known Veterans Advocate

Honorable Robert Jones, Veteran, Deputy Secretary of Defense for POW/MIA Affairs

Honorable Robert Perreault, Director, Medical Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs

Joseph "Jake" Simmons IV, Veteran, Commander, White House Communications Agency

Honorable Todd Weiler, Veteran, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs

They Join Current National Co-Chairs:

U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye, Veteran, World War II Combat Veteran, Recipient: Medal of Honor

U.S. Congressman Charlie Rangel, Veteran, US Army, 1948-52

U.S. Congressman Joe Sestak, Veteran, Retired US Navy Admiral, Commanded Aircraft Carrier Battle Group, Afghanistan

U.S. Congressman Ed Towns, Veteran, US Army, 1956-58

U.S. Congressman Jose Serrano, Veteran, US Army, 1964-66

U.S. Congressman Maurice Hinchey, Veteran, US Navy 1956-59

Honorable Togo West, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Secretary of the Army, North Carolina Native

Lt. General Claudia Kennedy, Ret., Three Star General, First Woman in the U.S. Army to Hold a Three Star Rank, Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence

General George Buskirk, Ret., Adjutant General, Indiana Army and Air National Guard,

Honorable Eleanor Glynn Kjellman, New Hampshire State House Representative, Veteran, US Air Force Officer, Son served in Iraq

Mr. Joe Wynn, Veteran, US Air Force, Viet Nam, Leader of the National Association of Black Veterans, President, Vets Group

Mr. Bill White, President, Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, Nationally Known Veterans Advocate

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5. Powerful endorsment. nt

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6. I Get A Lot Of Good Stuff At MyDD

There's also lots of negative stuff but I don't post it here because I don't want to be an asshole...

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7. What I'm wondering is....

They're working so diligently to position Hillary as the hawkish,
loved-by-the-military candidate who can best protect us from the
terrorists.

Terrorism and national security have dropped down in the public
consciousness. Voters are more concerned about the economy and
Iraq.

My question is...what's event will turn our priorities to
national security and terrorism again?

Bush advises Hillary not to talk against the Iraq war too much.

Since the neocons on the DLC side and the neocons on the Republican
side--are all in on the fix...we should all be wondering...

What in the hell do these people know that we don't know?