Iraq War Vets Endorse Democrats
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By Mark Benjamin
Salon
October 25th
Two retired senior Army generals, who served in Iraq and previously
voted Republican, are now openly endorsing a Democratic takeover of
Congress. The generals, and an active-duty senior military official,
told Salon in separate interviews that they believe a Democratic
victory will help reverse course from what they consider to be a
disastrous Bush administration policy in Iraq. The two retired
generals, Maj. Gen. John Batiste and retired Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton,
first openly criticized the handling of the war last spring, when they
called for the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
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