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Dear friend, I'm writing to you today with an urgent request. The Senate is scheduled to vote tomorrow morning on an amendment to strip additional funding for the F-22. This is an absolutely critical vote. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and President Obama have both argued that procuring more F-22s will actually threaten our national defense. But despite the objections from the Pentagon and the White House, some Senators are bowing to defense contractor lobbying, and are trying to use "smoke and mirror" budgeting tactics that will deplete funds from other necessary programs in order to buy more F-22s. We now have a unique opportunity to eliminate funding for additional F-22s--but we need your help! Please take a moment to contact your Senators and tell them to vote YES on the Levin-McCain amendment to strip funding for additional F-22s from the FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act. Tell your Senators that you want your taxpayer dollars to be spent on defense programs that will help our troops, rather than wasting the money on an exorbitantly priced fighter jet that the Pentagon doesn't even want. Adding more F-22s means choosing a corrupt procurement system over our national security needs. Click here to find the contact information for your Senators. For more background, be sure to check out POGO's F-22 fact sheet. POGO also sent two letters to the Senate last week raising concerns about the Pentagon's procurement process and calling for the elimination of additional F-22 funding. Thanks for your help!
Danielle Brian
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