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'''Paul Eaton''' is Senior Advisor to the [[National Security Network]] and a retired [[major general]], [[U.S. Army]]. | '''Paul Eaton''' is Senior Advisor to the [[National Security Network]] and a retired [[major general]], [[U.S. Army]]. | ||
His penultimate military assignment was training | His penultimate military assignment was training Iraqi security forces as Commanding General of the Coalition Military Assistance Training Team (CMATT), and then was assigned to a senior staff position, where retired in protest over [[Donald Rumsfeld]]'s policies and went public with criticisms. Subsequently, he was an adviser to Senator [[Hillary Clinton]]'s presidential campaign. | ||
Previously, he was Chief of Infantry for the Army, and had including combat and post-combat assignments in Iraq, [[Bosnia]] and [[Somalia]]. | Previously, he was Chief of Infantry for the Army, and had including combat and post-combat assignments in Iraq, [[Bosnia]] and [[Somalia]]. |
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Paul Eaton is Senior Advisor to the National Security Network and a retired major general, U.S. Army. His penultimate military assignment was training Iraqi security forces as Commanding General of the Coalition Military Assistance Training Team (CMATT), and then was assigned to a senior staff position, where retired in protest over Donald Rumsfeld's policies and went public with criticisms. Subsequently, he was an adviser to Senator Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. Previously, he was Chief of Infantry for the Army, and had including combat and post-combat assignments in Iraq, Bosnia and Somalia. Current defense policySpeaking for the National Security Network, he praised the U.S. Senate, President Barack Obama, and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates for capping production of the F-22 Raptor aircraft. In the press release, he wrote ""Misplaced defense budget priorities such as additional funding for the F-22 both constrained America's military from adequately addressing the threats we face today and took money away from more essential strategic imperatives."[1] Rumsfeld and IraqHe was one of the earlier critics of Rumsfeld, joining with other generals. [2] and writing, in an opinion article in the New York Times,
General counterinsurgency issuesTestifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, he said that the U.S. had a practical and moral commitment to grant more visas to Iraqis that had cooperated with U.S. forces, and might be at risk when U.S. troops left.[4] Education
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