With the five year anniversary of the War in Iraq, Jeff Merkley signed on today to the Responsible Plan to End The War in Iraq authored by Major General Paul Eaton (U.S. ARMY RET.) former Security Transition
Commanding General, Iraq; Dr. Lawrence Korb former Assistant Secretary of Defense in the Reagan Administration; Brigadier General John Johns (U.S. ARMY RET.) specialist in counterinsurgency and nation-building; and Capt. Larry Seaquist (U.S. NAVY) and presented by Washington Congressional candidate Darcy Burner and other House candidates around the country.

Jeff Merkley has opposed the Iraq War from the beginning and has been a passionate advocate for Oregon's veterans.

Jeff has talked at length about the fact that Gordon Smith and the Bush Administration led us into this war and have never offered a plan to get us out.  Smith has manipulated and confused the media and the public and done nothing to bring an end to this war.

For example:

Despite claiming to oppose the war Smith voted FIVE TIMES to keep troops in Iraq.

Gordon Smith supports pro-Iraq war candidate John McCain. If elected, McCain has promised to have no timelines and keep us in Iraq indefinitely

Just yesterday, Vice President Dick Cheney declared that the War in Iraq had been a "successful endeavor".

The plan to end the war will immediately:

End military action in Iraq and transition control of and responsibility for Iraq to the Iraqis;
Create the capacity for nation-building and the use of diplomatic power by both the United States and the international community; and
Commit to human rights in Iraq.
The plan will also prevent another military disaster like Iraq, by:

Restoring American moral standing in the world;
Restoring transparency and accountability to the executive branch;
Incorporating ongoing war funding into the normal Congressional budgeting process;
Removing fraud and abuse from the U.S. contracting system; and
Developing a clean energy economy.

Carla--Netroots Outreach, Jeff Merkley for Oregon