[haw-info] Has your Congressional Rep signed Out-of-Iraq letter?

[Hiscze at aol.com]

If  your Rep has not signed Lee-Jones letter on Iraq,  please call their 
office now. Final version to be sent at 6PM today.  
 
Capitol Hill Switchboard :202-225-3121

KEEP TO THE CURRENT DEADLINE
Bring all U.S. Troops and  Military Contractors in Iraq Home by Dec. 31, 
2011!
Current Cosigners (80, in addition to Lee & Jones): Baldwin,  Bass (CA-33), 
Braley, Capps, Capuano, Chu, Cicilline, Clark (MI-13), Clarke  (NY-11), 
Cleaver, Clyburn, Cohen, Conyers, Costello, Davis (IL-7), DeFazio,  Doggett, 
Duncan (TN-2), Ellison, Farr, Filner, Frank, Fudge, Garamendi,  Grijalva, 
Gutierrez, Hanabusa, Hastings (FL-23), Heinrich, Hirono, Honda,  Jackson Jr. 
(IL-2), Jackson-Lee, Johnson (TX-30), Johnson (IL-15), Kaptur,  Kucinich, Lewis 
(GA-5), Loebsack, Lofgren, Lujan, Maloney, Matsui, McDermott,  McGovern, 
Michaud, Miller (CA-7), Moore, Nadler, Napolitano, Norton, Olver,  Paul, 
Payne, Rangel, Richardson, Rush, Sanchez (CA-47), Schakowsky, Schrader,  Scott 
(VA-3), Serrano, Sewell, Slaughter, Speier, Stark, Thompson (CA-1), Tonko,  
Towns, Tsongas, Waters, Watt, Welch, Wilson (FL-17), Woolsey, Yarmuth 
Any feedback from Congressional office, please send to _hiscze at aol.com_ 
(mailto:hiscze at aol.com)  
For member of Congress to sign on to  this bipartisan letter or for more 
information, please contact Teddy Miller  in Rep. Lee’s office 
(_teddy.miller at mail.house.gov_ (mailto:teddy.miller at mail.house.gov)  or 5.2661) or  Ray 
Celeste in Rep. Jones’ office (_raymond.celeste at mail.house.gov_ 
(mailto:raymond.celeste at mail.house.gov)  or  6.5241). 
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Text of  Letter 
July  22, 2011 
The Honorable Barack  Obama 
President of the United  States 
The White House 
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue,  N.W. 
Washington, D.C.  20500 
Dear Mr.  President: 
We are writing to urge you to hold  to our nation’s Status of Forces 
Agreement with the government of Iraq that  commits our nation to bringing all of 
our troops and military contractors home  at the end of this calendar year.  
The American people have made it  clear that the war in Iraq must end.  By 
wide and overwhelming margins,  Americans approve of your plan to remove all 
the troops from Iraq by the end of  this year.  
We are deeply concerned to learn  that your Administration is considering 
plans to keep potentially thousands of  U.S. troops in Iraq beyond the end of 
this year.  Extending our presence in  Iraq is counterproductive - the 
Iraqi people do not support our continued  occupation.  Remaining in Iraq would 
only further strengthen the perception  that we are an occupying force with 
no intention of leaving  Iraq. 
Leaving troops and military  contractors in Iraq beyond the deadline is not 
in our nation’s security  interests, it is not in our nation’s strategic 
interests, and it is not in our  nation’s economic interests.  
Mr. President, we look forward to  working with you in maintaining our 
nation’s Status of Forces Agreement with the  government of Iraq and bringing 
all of our troops and military contractors home  at the end of this year. 
Sincerely, 
Barbara Lee 
Member of Congress 
Walter B. Jones 
Member of Congress 



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