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Date: Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 5:55 PM<br>Subject: Help Get 150 More Letters to Senator Durbin<br>To: Robert Naiman <<a href="mailto:naiman@justforeignpolicy.org">naiman@justforeignpolicy.org</a>><br><br><br><u></u>
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<p style="color:#222;font-family:arial,georgia,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin-bottom:2em;margin-top:0">Dear Robert Naiman,</p>
<p style="color:#222;font-family:arial,georgia,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin-bottom:2em;margin-top:0"><span><a href="http://fcnl.org/r/B/MjU4MzIw/NzIxMDE/0/0/aHR0cDovL2NhcHdpei5jb20vZmNvbmwvaXNzdWVzL2FsZXJ0Lz9hbGVydGlkPTYyMzU0Nzc2IyEjIQ" style="color:#007572;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4" target="_blank"><img align="right" border="0" style="margin:0 1em 1em 1em"></a></span></p>
<p style="color:#222;font-family:arial,georgia,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin-bottom:2em;margin-top:0">So far 100 people have contacted Senator Durbin to urge him to support Pentagon budget cuts. <a href="http://fcnl.org/r/B/MjU4MzI0/NzIxMDE/0/0/aHR0cDovL2NhcHdpei5jb20vZmNvbmwvaXNzdWVzL2FsZXJ0Lz9hbGVydGlkPTYyMzU0Nzc2IyEjIQ" style="color:#007572;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4" target="_blank">Will you join them?</a><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.4"> </span>We’re only 150 away from our goal of 250 personalized emails sent to the senator’s office between now and the end of February in support of $1 trillion in Pentagon budget. Your senator is about to make critical decisions about how our government spends money. <a href="http://fcnl.org/r/B/MjU4MzI1/NzIxMDE/0/0/aHR0cDovL2NhcHdpei5jb20vZmNvbmwvaXNzdWVzL2FsZXJ0Lz9hbGVydGlkPTYyMzU0Nzc2IyEjIQ" style="color:#007572;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4" target="_blank">Make sure he hears from you.</a></p>
<p style="color:#222;font-family:arial,georgia,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin-bottom:2em;margin-top:0">I can tell that Senator Durbin is hearing you and others like you. The Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call reports this week that Senator Durbin believes that the Pentagon will need to accept more cuts in its budget during the current round of budget negotiations. This statement is particularly important because Senator Durbin is both the incoming chair of the Defense Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations and the Majority Whip. <strong style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.4"><a href="http://fcnl.org/r/B/MjU4MzMx/NzIxMDE/0/0/aHR0cDovL2NhcHdpei5jb20vZmNvbmwvaXNzdWVzL2FsZXJ0Lz9hbGVydGlkPTYyMzU0Nzc2IyEjIQ" style="color:#007572" target="_blank">Will you write to Senator Durbin today?</a></strong></p>
<p style="color:#222;font-family:arial,georgia,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin-bottom:2em;margin-top:0"><strong>I hope that you will be able to join us for the conference call scheduled for Tuesday February 5 at 9 pm (Eastern).</strong> During this special call for people from Washington, Michigan, Illinois, Virginia and Colorado, Jim Cason and I will provide more details on how you can influence your senator and answer your questions.</p>
<h4 style="font-family:arial,georgia,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;line-height:1.4;margin-bottom:12px;margin-top:0">Conference Call on Pentagon Cuts</h4>
<p style="color:#222;font-family:arial,georgia,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin-bottom:2em;margin-top:0">Tuesday, February 5 at 9 pm (Eastern)<br><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.4">Call in Number: <a href="tel:213-342-3000" value="+12133423000" target="_blank">213-342-3000</a> <br>
</span><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.4">Conference Code: 283096</span></p>
<p style="color:#222;font-family:arial,georgia,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin-bottom:2em;margin-top:0">An RSVP for the conference call is not required but is helpful. Please RSVP to me at <a href="mailto:katherine@fcnl.org" style="color:#007572" target="_blank">katherine@fcnl.org</a>.</p>
<p style="color:#222;font-family:arial,georgia,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin-bottom:2em;margin-top:0">Your senator will be one of just a few in the room when congressional leaders decide whether to cut wasteful Pentagon spending or make deeper cuts in critical social programs. <a href="http://fcnl.org/r/B/MjU4MzM2/NzIxMDE/0/0/aHR0cDovL2NhcHdpei5jb20vZmNvbmwvaXNzdWVzL2FsZXJ0Lz9hbGVydGlkPTYyMzU0Nzc2IyEjIQ" style="color:#007572" target="_blank"><strong>Make sure that he hears the support in your state for making $1 trillion in cuts to the Pentagon budget over the next 10 years.</strong></a></p>
<p style="color:#222;font-family:arial,georgia,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin-bottom:2em;margin-top:0">Sincerely,</p>
<p style="color:#222;font-family:arial,georgia,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin-bottom:2em;margin-top:0"><img align="left" style="margin:0 1em 1em 1em">Katherine Philipson<br><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:1.4">Network Building Associate for Strategic Advocacy</span></p>
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