[This letter is being circulated among former U.S. officials concerned with U.S. foreign policy, NGO leaders concerned with U.S. foreign policy, and academics concerned with the Middle East and U.S. foreign policy. Please send signatures, together with identifying information similar to current signers, to naiman@justforeignpolicy.org by noon ET on Monday, August 6. Forwarding welcome where…
[This letter in support of the Mulvaney-Frank amendment was organized by the Project On Government Oversight. The PDF is here:] July 18, 2012 An Open Letter to Congress in Support of Reining in Runaway Spending by the Pentagon Dear Members of the House of Representatives, We, the undersigned organizations, strongly urge you to support the…
The following letter has been circulated mostly in the United States by Just Foreign Policy. It was hand-delivered to the Embassy of Ecuador in London by Just Foreign Policy’s Policy Director Robert Naiman on Monday, June 25. Read the press release. We also hand-delivered the online petition circulated by Just Foreign Policy, which has been…
[This Congressional letter is being circulated by Rep. Polis. The letter closes June 20. You can ask your Rep. to sign by calling their office through the Congressional switchboard, 202-225-3121, or email using this link.] List of signers as of June 19 (36 in all): Reps. Polis (D-CO), Berman (D-CA), Schakowsky (D-IL), Frank (D-MA), Cicilline…
The PDF of this letter is here. This NGO letter tracks a Congressional letter to the Administration pressing for greater transparency in the drone strike policy. That letter is here: Kucinich/Conyers: Ensure Transparency and Accountability In The U.S. Combat Drone Program https://www.justforeignpolicy.org/node/1219 —- June 5, 2012 The Honorable Barack Obama President of the United States…
Twenty-six Members of Congress sent the following letter to President Obama asking that Congress be provided with information on the CIA and JSOCs use of “signature” drone strikes. Signers were: Dennis Kucinich, John Conyers, Rush Holt, Jesse Jackson, Jr., Maurice Hinchey, Charlie Rangel, Pete Stark, Mike Honda, Raul Grijalva, Bob Filner, Barbara Lee, Jim McGovern,…
The following letter is being circulated by the office of Rep. John Conyers. Ask your Rep. to sign by calling the Congressional switchboard at 202-225-3121. Current signers include: Blumenauer, Brown, Capuano, Clay, Clarke (MI), Clarke (NY), Conyers, Cohen, Deutch, Edwards, Ellison, Farr, Grijalva, Gutierrez, Hastings, Holmes-Norton, Honda, Jackson, Johnson (GA), Kucinich, Lee, Lewis (GA), Maloney,…