The year 2007 is drawing to a close and not only are we still needlessly killing people in Afghanistan and Iraq, we are preparing to do the same in Iran.
We the people have spoken: We want the carnage to stop now, not at some nebulous point in the future. Do you need pictures?
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Update Feb 2008: I'm still plugging away at this project, though very occasionally. I've updated the message [above] and I'm no longer keeping a list of who I send it to. Now I'm just semi-randomly sending emails to whichever politicians seem to need a reminder on whichever day I feel like doing this.
11-4-2007, e-mailed to:
Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, AmericanVoices@mail.house.gov [delivery failed]
Harry Reid, Senate Majority Leader
Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House
Senator Mel Martinez, R-FL
Senatoe Bill Nelson, D-FL
Representative Jeff Miller, R-FL01
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11-5-2007, e-mailed to the following Chairs and Ranking Members:
House Appropriations Committee:
Dave Obey, Chair
Jerry Lewis, Ranking Member
House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Defense:
John Murtha, Chair
CW Bill Young, Ranking Member
House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs:
Nita M Lowey, Chair
Frank R Wolf, Ranking Member
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11-12-2007, e-mailed to the following Chairs and Ranking Members:
House Committee on Foreign Affairs:
Tom Lantos, Chair
House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia:
Gary Ackerman, Chair
Mike Pence, Ranking Member
House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade:
Brad Sherman, Chair
Ed Royce, Ranking Member
House Armed Services Committee:
Ike Skelton, Chair
Duncan Hunter, Ranking Member
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Additional likely recipients, as I get around to it:
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations:
Joseph Biden, Chair
Richard Lugar, Ranking Member
Senate Committee on Armed Services:
Carl Levin, Chair
John McCain, Ranking Member
Senate Committee on Appropriations:
Robert C Byrd, Chair
Thad Cochran, Ranking Member
Senate Committee on Approporiations, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs:
Patrick Leahy, Chair
Judd Gregg, Ranking Member
Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense:
Daniel Inouye, Chair
Ted Stevens, Ranking Member
Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Financial Services:
Dick Durbin, Chair
Sam Brownback, Ranking Member
