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our limited tax dollars into combating real existential threats like climate change, the Pacific Deterrence Initiative invests in environmentally destructive and expensive military equipment like the DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. A single destroyer like this costs<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em class=""><strong class="">2 billion dollars</strong></em>, which means that 40% of the entire program budget will be spent procuring a single ship that will contribute to climate change without protecting American lives. With Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin serving on the Board of Directors for Raytheon, we know that this drive for more costly and catastrophic U.S. wars can be directly traced to the need to maintain a profit-driven war economy, and as U.S. citizens, we must challenge this!</p><p style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 26px; font-size: 19px;" class="">The House Armed Services Committee has a simple choice: they can either use their power to rubber stamp a dangerous escalation of tensions with China and a new terrifying nuclear arms race that pushes us to the brink of global annihilation or reject President Biden’s recommendation and, instead, foster global stability and survival of the human race.</p><p style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 26px; font-size: 19px;" class="">Let’s send powerful politicians on the House Armed Services Committee<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 153);" class=""><strong class=""><a href="https://www.codepink.org/hasc21?e=1afe7b7163b9dda25d4599b2d4f044d6&utm_source=codepink&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=_divestcineo_hasc_no_nukes_pdi&n=9" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 153); text-decoration: none;" class="">a clear message</a></strong></span>: the people want to defund nuclear weapons, avoid war with China, and invest in the safety of our planet!</p><p style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 26px; font-size: 19px;" class=""><em class="">Towards Peace!</em></p><p style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 26px; font-size: 19px;" class=""><em class=""><strong class="">Towards peace,</strong></em></p><p style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 26px; font-size: 19px;" class=""><em class=""><strong class="">Carley, Madison, Jodie, RJ and the CODEPINK Team</strong></em></p><p style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 26px; font-size: 19px;" class="">PS: Spread the message of non-violence and buy our Imagine a World Without Weapons T-Shirt! It's that easy if you try!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 153);" class=""><strong class=""><a href="https://www.codepink.org/r?u=a4prXwDBThrmp0vcj5DhThLxrkdC8SVw66IPeXMxyNFT2GeDjWa4oMP8qLaOAJUSoeupPrML-cTRM7Y_U2l1JRMKf1_nxf_ZHeV2OLnRpjiTdm4BNZbgscY6XJqA8U7aAQHh-WxDdKEEdVe2N9fEnw&e=1afe7b7163b9dda25d4599b2d4f044d6&utm_source=codepink&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=_divestcineo_hasc_no_nukes_pdi&n=10" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 153); text-decoration: none;" class="">Buy some here!</a></strong></span></p></div></span><p style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 26px; font-size: 19px; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 20px;" class=""><a href="https://www.codepink.org/support2021?e=1afe7b7163b9dda25d4599b2d4f044d6&utm_source=codepink&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=_divestcineo_hasc_no_nukes_pdi&n=11" style="color: rgb(99, 0, 132); text-decoration: none;" class=""><img title="Donate Now!" src="http://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/themes/5e175b7e22005f25cfc044b2/attachments/original/1612295660/CODEPINK_donate_button2.png?1612295660" alt="Donate Now!" width="275" height="75" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" class=""></a></p></td></tr></tbody><tfoot class=""><tr style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 26px; font-size: 19px;" class=""><td style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(150, 150, 150); line-height: 15px; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: table-cell; padding: 20px 10px 10px 5px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: center; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><br class=""><p style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(150, 150, 150); line-height: 15px; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" class="">© 2021<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.codepink.org/?e=1afe7b7163b9dda25d4599b2d4f044d6&utm_source=codepink&utm_medium=e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