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<td><div class="im"><h1> Senator Kerry, Represent US!</h1>
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<p><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:large"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">Dear Cole,</span></span></font></p>
<p><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:large"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan <a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=QYfdncR3SppCvPwjny7RHy65JTMXEihC" target="_blank">predicted </a>Congress' SuperCommittee will fall short of its goal of finding $1.5 trillion in savings. But Ryan must be looking in the wrong places. The SuperCommittee can reach its goal just by ending the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan!</span></span></font></p>
</div><p><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:large"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">Senator Kerry is on the SuperCommittee. Will he cut the most wasteful agency in Washington – the Defense Department? It depends on YOU!</span></span></font></p>
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<td><em>Peace Action members and coalition partners turned in petitions to Sen. Kerry's staff, Sept. 22, outside Kerry's Boston office. They are also holding green postcards signed by passers-by that day.</em></td>
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</div><p><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:large"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">Peace Action delivered 550 <a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=I17%2BIz8Ys4Uff0dXA7eZSS65JTMXEihC" target="_blank">petition </a>signatures to Senator Kerry's office last week. But that's just the beginning! This Saturday, we will <a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=9cG7MXk5c%2FYTc%2BoWH5%2Fjci65JTMXEihC" target="_blank">rally at his Beacon Hill townhouse</a> to make sure he hears our message. <b>Can you join us at 5:30 pm this Saturday, October 1, at 19 Louisburg Square, Boston? </b>We will display a large banner, sing songs, and use visual aids to make our point that Senator Kerry must end the wars, cut the military budget, create jobs, restore fair taxation and defend services. </span></span></font></p>
<p><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:large"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">You can help get Sen. Kerry's attention even before you come down to Beacon Hill. </span></span><span style="font-size:large"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'"><a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=g4DZ0zwemn2xsxR4J8%2FnqS65JTMXEihC" target="_blank"><b>Send an online postcard to Sen. Kerry!</b></a> It's important that he hear from as many people in Massachusetts as possible this week -- so he knows we are paying attention. </span></span></font></p>
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<p><b><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:large"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">The media reaches millions. </span></span></font></b><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:large"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=qHXCoJiYOcFeIZDXNleNNS65JTMXEihC" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:large"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">Writing letters to the editor is super-easy with our online letters tool!</span></span></a><span style="font-size:large"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'"> We'll keep the tool up to date with current talking points, so return to it frequently.</span></span></font></p>
<p><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:large"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">Can you contact your town officials, gather signatures or organize events? </span></span><a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=R%2FuMNPPnbGcSh1Cbha54A5hJeMo8G15z" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:large"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">Sign up to volunteer and tell us what you can do</span></span></a><span style="font-size:large"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">!</span></span><br>
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<p><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:large"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">Together, we can get through to Senator Kerry and remind him to </span><b><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">Represent US!</span></b></span></font></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">- Cole Harrison<br>
Communications Director, Massachusetts Peace Action</span></span></p></div></td>
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<font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Communications Director</font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Massachusetts Peace Action</font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">11 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138</font></div>
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