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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=naiman@justforeignpolicy.org
href="mailto:naiman@justforeignpolicy.org">Robert Naiman</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net
href="mailto:peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net">Peace-discuss List</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 18, 2013 3:44 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [Peace-discuss] at HuffPo: April 25: A Historic Day to Cut
theBloated Pentagon Budget</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia,Century,Times,serif; FONT-SIZE: 13px">For
decades, it's been a Holy Grail of progressive activists in the United States:
cut the bloated Pentagon budget and use the money for human needs
instead.</SPAN><BR>
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<P
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none; MARGIN: 0px 0px 14px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia,Century,Times,serif; FONT-SIZE: 13px; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><BR>But
on Thursday of next week -- rescheduled from this Friday due to the tragedy in
Boston -- the Holy Grail will be within reach. All we have to do to cut the
bloated Pentagon budget and use the money for human needs instead is kill the
"chained CPI" -- the president's proposal to cut Social Security and veterans'
benefits by lowering the cost-of-living adjustment.</P>
<P
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none; MARGIN: 0px 0px 14px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia,Century,Times,serif; FONT-SIZE: 13px; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><A
href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/april-25-a-historic-day-t_b_3111557.html"
target=_blank>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/april-25-a-historic-day-t_b_3111557.html</A><BR></P>
<P
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none; MARGIN: 0px 0px 14px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia,Century,Times,serif; FONT-SIZE: 13px; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0px">[So
far, there are 24 events, of which at least eight are explicitly "cut the
bloated Pentagon budget instead" events: <SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; FONT-SIZE: 13px"> </SPAN><A
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none; MARGIN: 0px; OUTLINE-STYLE: none; OUTLINE-COLOR: invert; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: medium; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; COLOR: rgb(0,136,195); FONT-SIZE: 13px; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; TEXT-DECORATION: none; PADDING-TOP: 0px"
href="https://civic.moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=138100&id="
target=_blank>Erie, PA</A><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; FONT-SIZE: 13px">; </SPAN><A
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none; MARGIN: 0px; OUTLINE-STYLE: none; OUTLINE-COLOR: invert; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: medium; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; COLOR: rgb(0,136,195); FONT-SIZE: 13px; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; TEXT-DECORATION: none; PADDING-TOP: 0px"
href="http://www.wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=294805"
target=_blank>Madison, WI</A><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; FONT-SIZE: 13px">; </SPAN><A
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none; MARGIN: 0px; OUTLINE-STYLE: none; OUTLINE-COLOR: invert; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: medium; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; COLOR: rgb(0,136,195); FONT-SIZE: 13px; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; TEXT-DECORATION: none; PADDING-TOP: 0px"
href="https://civic.moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=138123&id="
target=_blank>Columbus, OH</A><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; FONT-SIZE: 13px">; </SPAN><A
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none; MARGIN: 0px; OUTLINE-STYLE: none; OUTLINE-COLOR: invert; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: medium; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; COLOR: rgb(0,136,195); FONT-SIZE: 13px; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; TEXT-DECORATION: none; PADDING-TOP: 0px"
href="https://civic.moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=138075&id="
target=_blank>Champaign, IL</A><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; FONT-SIZE: 13px">; </SPAN><A
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none; MARGIN: 0px; OUTLINE-STYLE: none; OUTLINE-COLOR: invert; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: medium; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; COLOR: rgb(0,136,195); FONT-SIZE: 13px; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; TEXT-DECORATION: none; PADDING-TOP: 0px"
href="https://civic.moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=138124&id="
target=_blank>Chicago, IL</A><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; FONT-SIZE: 13px">; </SPAN><A
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none; MARGIN: 0px; OUTLINE-STYLE: none; OUTLINE-COLOR: invert; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: medium; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; COLOR: rgb(0,136,195); FONT-SIZE: 13px; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; TEXT-DECORATION: none; PADDING-TOP: 0px"
href="https://civic.moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=138141&id="
target=_blank>New Haven, CT</A><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; FONT-SIZE: 13px">; </SPAN><A
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none; MARGIN: 0px; OUTLINE-STYLE: none; OUTLINE-COLOR: invert; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: medium; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; COLOR: rgb(0,136,195); FONT-SIZE: 13px; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; TEXT-DECORATION: none; PADDING-TOP: 0px"
href="https://civic.moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=138132&id="
target=_blank>Newburgh, NY</A><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; FONT-SIZE: 13px">; </SPAN><A
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none; MARGIN: 0px; OUTLINE-STYLE: none; OUTLINE-COLOR: invert; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: medium; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; COLOR: rgb(0,136,195); FONT-SIZE: 13px; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; TEXT-DECORATION: none; PADDING-TOP: 0px"
href="https://civic.moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=138133&id="
target=_blank>Arleta, CA</A><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; FONT-SIZE: 13px">.
The Madison event is tomorrow as originally scheduled.]</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>--
<BR>Robert Naiman<BR>Policy Director<BR>Just Foreign Policy<BR><A
href="http://www.justforeignpolicy.org"
target=_blank>www.justforeignpolicy.org</A><BR><A
href="mailto:naiman@justforeignpolicy.org"
target=_blank>naiman@justforeignpolicy.org</A><BR>
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