Major General John R.S. Batiste, U.S. Army (Ret.) was senior military assistant to then-Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz and commander of the 1st Infantry Division, and served in Iraq in 2004 and 2005. This is his testimony from the DPC hearing on Capitol Hill
Major General Paul D. Eaton, U.S. Army (Ret.) was responsible for training the Iraqi military from May 2003 to March 2004, and for rebuilding the Iraqi police force from March through June 2004. This is his testimony in front of the DPC
Colonel Thomas X. Hammes, USMC (Ret.) served in Iraq in 2004, and was responsible for establishing bases for the newly reconstituted Iraqi armed forces. He is currently Marine Senior Military Fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies, National Defense University.