Matt Ortega

“We’ve got this thing that so many military believe that Republican administrations are good for the military. That is rarely the case. And, we have to get a message through to every soldier, every family member, every friend of soldiers that the Republican party, the Republican dominated Congress has absolutely been the worst thing that’s happened to the United States Army and the United States Marine Corps.”

–Major General Paul D. Eaton, U.S. Army (ret.)
(Real Time with Bill Maher, 03/09/07)

Eaton has two sons currently serving in the U.S. military. Think Progress notes from a recent Vanity Fair article:

“His new business cards say ‘consultant,’ primarily because he doesn’t know what else he now is. Since he spoke out, several possible defense-related jobs have mysteriously dried up. ‘Maybe it’s the way I part my hair,’ he says. In late January, his elder son, a 29-year-old Arabic linguist who is an army specialist, went to Afghanistan. His younger son, 27, an army captain who has already spent 14 months in Iraq, will probably go back before long.”