Press Release
5 March 2010
Press Release
Washington DC 1 December 2009
Today, Gen. Paul Eaton (Ret.), the National Security Network's Senior Adviser, released the following statement examining President Obama's impending speech on Afghanistan:
Press Release
Washington DC 22 October 2009
The record is clear: Dick Cheney and the Bush administration were incompetent war fighters. They ignored Afghanistan for 7 years with a crude approach to counter-insurgency warfare best illustrated by: 1. Deny it. 2. Ignore it. 3. Bomb it.
Press Release
27 August 2009
As military and national security officials who have spent our entire careers fighting to protect the American people and the defend country from attack, we all agree that the prison facility at Guantanamo Bay needs to be closed.That is why we were disappointed last week—during a town hall meeting in Standish, MI, whose prison is a possible site to detain terror suspects —to hear you politicize such a critical national security issue and disseminate misrepresentations and exaggerations about closing Guantanamo and the possibility of housing terrorist suspects on American soil. In doing so, you spread fear in order to score political points, and perpetuate the Bush/Cheney era strategy of seeking political victories instead of doing what’s right to protect the country.
Press Release
Washington DC 17 August 2009
Today, NSN Senior Adviser Gen. Paul D. Eaton (Ret.), who spent more than 30 years in the military including being in charge of training the Iraqi military from 2003 to 2004, provided the following reaction to President Obama's speech at the Veterans of Foreign Wars’ National Convention: "As someone who served in and helped lead our military for nearly 3 decades, I understand what the men and women of America's armed forces need in order to effectively protect the nation and succeed in their personal lives. And today, President Obama laid out a comprehensive and progressive vision for how we treat America's most precious resource. He demonstrated a thorough understanding of how to integrate all elements of national power—diplomatic, economic as well as military—and echoes what every battalion and brigade commander understands and expects from their Commander in Chief."
Press Release
21 July 2009
Today, General Paul Eaton (Ret.), who this week joined the National Security Network as a Senior Adviser, reacted to the Senate removing nearly $2 billion in funding to build seven new F-22 Raptors from the Defense Authorization legislation:
"In stripping $1.75 billion in funds to build seven more F-22 Raptors from the Defense Authorization bill, the Senate has brought our military spending one step closer to matching America's military priorities for the 21st century."
Press Release
Washington, DC 1 July 2009
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18 June 2009
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Washington, DC 18 June 2009
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Washington, D.C. 10 June 2009
