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I made this call to Sen. Feinstein and hope you can, too. It is
outrageous that the proposed budget includes billions for upgrading
nuclear weapons while they consider cutting back on Social Security.<br>
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I hope you can call this week, if not today.<br>
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Thanks,<br>
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Don<br>
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<td>IF YOU LIVE IN CALIFORNIA, TAKE ACTION TODAY!</td>
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<td>Jackie Cabasso <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:wslf@earthlink.net"><wslf@earthlink.net></a></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><big><b>CALIFORNIA
SENATE ACTION ALERT: PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY!</b><b><span
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><i><big><b><span
style="color:red">TODAY! April 9th: Call-in Day to Cut
Nuclear Weapons Spending<o:p></o:p></span></b></big></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><big>In the past few years there’s been a lot
of nice sounding rhetoric about eliminating nuclear weapons
uttered by President Obama and various senior statesmen.
Unfortunately, the rhetoric doesn’t match the reality. The
U.S. government is officially committed to modernizing its
nuclear bombs and warheads; the submarines, missiles, and
aircraft that carry them; and the laboratories and plants that
design, maintain, and manufacture nuclear weapons. U.S. policy
and budget documents all manifest an intent to keep thousands
of nuclear weapons in service for the foreseeable future,
together with the capability to bring stored weapons back into
service and to design and manufacture new weapons should they
be desired.</big></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><big>At the time of the Fiscal Year 2012
President’s Budget Request submitted to Congress in early
February 2011, the administration anticipated spending
approximately $88 billion for bombs and warheads and
supporting infrastructure and about $125 billion for delivery
systems over a ten year period. Independent estimates of total
U.S. spending for nuclear weapons and related programs place
the number even higher, at $31 billion or more annually. In FY
2013, the U.S. will spend more, in inflation-adjusted dollars,
on nuclear warheads and bombs than it did during the average
Cold War year!</big></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><big><b>Californians have an important role
to play in calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons
and opposing austerity measures that will result in
draconian cuts to social services. </b>Our Senator, Dianne
Feinstein, is the Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee
on Energy and Water, the committee that oversees the nuclear
weapons budget, and is one of the most important leaders in
the Senate on the issue. </big></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><big><b>That is why an urgent Statewide
Call-in campaign is starting today, Tuesday, April 9th, to
show Sen. Feinstein that Californians want to cut spending
on nuclear weapons! Please join people across California who
are joining forces to call Sen. Feinstein starting today!</b><br>
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<b>Call Senator Feinstein at (415) 393-0707.</b> Here is a
suggested message: <span style="font-family:"MS
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My name is ________ and I live in _________.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I urge Senator Feinstein
to honor the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ Call on Congress: “to
terminate funding for modernization of nuclear warheads,
delivery systems, and production facilities, to slash spending
on nuclear weapons well below Cold War levels, and to redirect
those funds to meet the urgent needs of cities.” </big></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><big><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Please
call Sen. Feinstein ASAP and help us keep her phone ringing
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<p class="MsoNormal"><big><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">More
Information:</b> The U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) is the
nonpartisan national association of cities with populations
over 30,000. At its June 2012 Annual meeting, the USCM
unanimously adopted a resolution <a moz-do-not-send="true"
name="_Toc327632442"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Calling
for U.S. Leadership in Global Elimination of Nuclear
Weapons and Redirection of Nuclear Weapons Spending to
Meet the Urgent Needs of Cities. </i></a><a
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href="http://www.usmayors.org/resolutions/80th_Conference/international08.asp">http://www.usmayors.org/resolutions/80th_Conference/international08.asp</a></big></p>
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Jacqueline Cabasso
Executive Director
Western States Legal Foundation
Working for Peace & Justice in a Nuclear Free World
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<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.disarmamentactivist.org">www.disarmamentactivist.org</a>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.facebook.com/WesternStatesLegalFoundation">www.facebook.com/WesternStatesLegalFoundation</a>
Twitter@JackieCabasso
510-839-5877</pre>
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