A 2007 [[New York Times]] article published about Gen. Batiste in Iraq, making a television ad denouncing Bush for VoteVets. As a news correspondent, his employer CBS News wasn't pleased that he earned $500,000. from VoteVets. Batiste attacked a sitting President during war, {{cquote|You continue to pursue a failed strategy that is breaking our great Army and Marine Corps. I left the Army in protest in order to speak out. Mr. President, you have placed our nation in peril. Our only hope is that Congress will act now to protect our fighting men and women.}} | A 2007 [[New York Times]] article published about Gen. Batiste in Iraq, making a television ad denouncing Bush for VoteVets. As a news correspondent, his employer CBS News wasn't pleased that he earned $500,000. from VoteVets. Batiste attacked a sitting President during war, {{cquote|You continue to pursue a failed strategy that is breaking our great Army and Marine Corps. I left the Army in protest in order to speak out. Mr. President, you have placed our nation in peril. Our only hope is that Congress will act now to protect our fighting men and women.}} |