This Wednesday, the House of Representatives will vote on the National Defense Authorization Act of 2014 (NDAA). This proposed NDAA would spend $640 billion, more than permitted by law, $ billions more than the Pentagon has asked for. This is an outrage! Please send a message to your Representative! Tell him or her to support amendments to audit and tighten the Pentagon budget (while protecting healthcare and other programs for troops and veterans), bring the troops home from Afghanistan, rein in the lethal drones program, end the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) that gave a green light to the past decade of endless warfare, and vote no on the overall NDAA unless amended appropriately. Use your own words, but please emphasize that in this era of austerity--with sequester-driven cuts to Food Stamps, education, healthcare--many in Congress want to throw money at the Pentagon. Please ask your Representative to support pending amendments which would: * Audit the Pentagon * Cut Pork--unnecessary boondoggle weapons systems including the F-35 fighter plane, the V-22 Osprey and the Abrams tank. * Eliminate nuclear weapons and provocative foreign military bases * Bring the troops home from Afghanistan and vacate bases there * Rein in the lethal drones program * Repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) Please send a message now and plan to follow up with a phone call on Wednesday at 202-224-3121. For peace, Shelagh Foreman Program Director

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