<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Tammy Duckworth <<a href="mailto:tammy@tammyduckworth.com" class="">tammy@tammyduckworth.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Brigadier General Anthony Tata</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">August 12, 2020 at 3:03:58 PM CDT<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Withdraw all US troops from the Mideast US war-making is criminal <<a href="mailto:cge@shout.net" class="">cge@shout.net</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:tammy@tammyduckworth.com" class="">tammy@tammyduckworth.com</a><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><h1 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-align: center; padding: 25px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px;" class=""><img alt="Tammy Duckworth" src="https://secure.tammyduckworth.com/page/-/email/duckworth_logo.png" style="max-width: 300px;" class=""></h1><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(54, 67, 80); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; max-width: 600px; margin: 0px auto;" class=""><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(54, 67, 80);" class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; color: rgb(54, 67, 80);" class="">Withdraw all US troops from the Mideast —</p><p style="font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; color: rgb(54, 67, 80);" class="">The Trump administration has consistently gone out of their way to politicize our military — and they’ve just done it again.</p><p style="font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; color: rgb(54, 67, 80);" class="">The White House nominated retired Brigadier General Anthony Tata for the third highest civilian position in the Department of Defense — but once we learned that he had shared Islamaphobic tweets and conspiracy theories in the past, they pulled his nomination before the Senate had a chance to reject him.</p><p style="font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; color: rgb(54, 67, 80);" class=""><strong class="">But then the Trump administration went forward anyway and appointed Tata as Deputy Undersecretary of Policy in an “acting” capacity with similar responsibilities, effectively circumventing Congress.</strong></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; color: rgb(54, 67, 80);" class="">This is totally out of line. No president should go around Congress like this. Sign my petition if you agree:</p><p style="font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; color: rgb(54, 67, 80);" class=""><strong class=""><a href="https://secure.tammyduckworth.com/page/m/21273d5f/10b2f104/77f4a31e/4c0db308/962258807/VEsH/p/eyJlM3R5WldaamIyUmxmWDA9IjoiZW0yMDA4MTItMS1mdWxsIn0%3D/?g=kXxFcsQot1Beaxw1NaSB7kA" title="https://duckworth.cp.bsd.net/page/signup/petition-tata-200812?source=em200812-1-full" style="color: rgb(20, 127, 215); text-decoration: underline;" class="">Add your name if you agree that the White House should remove Tata from this post immediately. A president should NOT go around Congress like this.</a></strong></p><p style="font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; color: rgb(54, 67, 80);" class="">Thank you for speaking out.</p><p style="font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; color: rgb(54, 67, 80);" class="">All my best,</p><p style="font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; color: rgb(54, 67, 80);" class="">Tammy Duckworth</p><p align="center" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(54, 67, 80);" class=""><strong class=""><a href="https://secure.tammyduckworth.com/page/m/21273d5f/10b2f104/77f4a31e/4c0db308/962258807/VEsE/p/eyJlM3R5WldaamIyUmxmWDA9IjoiZW0yMDA4MTItMS1mdWxsIn0%3D/?g=kXxFcsQot1Beaxw1NaSB7kA" title="https://duckworth.cp.bsd.net/page/signup/petition-tata-200812?source=em200812-1-full" style="color: white; text-decoration: none; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 18px; background-color: rgb(203, 0, 21); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(203, 0, 21); border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(203, 0, 21); width: 200px; margin: 12px auto; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; text-align: center; padding: 12px 5px 11px; font-weight: 700; display: block; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.075em;" class="">ADD YOUR NAME</a></strong></p><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><hr class=""><center class=""><table cellspacing="10" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="90%" align="center" style="max-width: 600px; width: 540px; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px auto;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td width="100%" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9px; color: rgb(113, 113, 111); text-align: center;" class=""><div align="center" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(113, 113, 111); width: 350px; max-width: 350px; border: 1px solid rgb(102, 102, 102); margin: 10px auto 13px; padding: 4px 0px;" class="">Paid for by Tammy for Illinois</div></td></tr><tr class=""><td class=""><br class=""></td></tr><tr class=""><td style="color: rgb(35, 31, 32); border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><center class=""><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 9px; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);" class="">Contributions or gifts to Tammy for Illinois are not tax deductible. 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