America In Solidarity is proud to have Retired Major General Paul Eaton speak at our upcoming progressive convention about Iraq and what he would do there. Eaton, now residing on Fox Island, WA, has recently been featured in a VoteVets ad criticizing President Bush's failure to heed his military commander's advice about Iraq.

In an impressive career, General Eaton commanded the formation of the new Stryker brigades and in 2003 was appointed to rebuild the Iraqi army which he handed off to General Petraeus is 2004. In his retirement, Eaton has been quite vocal about our military and the Bush Administration's handling of Iraq. Months before the November 2006 election, he criticized Donald Rumsfeld in the New York Times. Recently he has been on MSNBC, Bill Maher, PBS, CBS' Face the Nation and testified in front of Congress.