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eridani

(51,907 posts)
Wed May 9, 2012, 08:49 PM May 2012

Adam Smith gets in better synch with the new 9th Congressional District

I emailed his community outreach coordinator and told him to vote more like McDermott than like Larsen, because the new 9th is much more like the 7th than the 2nd.

The Honorable Barack Obama
President of the United States
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500

Dear President Obama:

Last week you visited Afghanistan to sign a Strategic Partnership Agreement. As you stated at Bagram Air Base, “this time of war began in Afghanistan, and this is where it will end.” The core of al Qaeda has been greatly reduced in size and ability to attack Americans. Our brave men and women in uniform have done everything that we have asked of them. With over 17,000 dead and wounded U.S. servicemen and women, and long term costs estimated at $4 trillion for the past decade of unfunded wars, the overwhelming majority of American people want to bring the war in Afghanistan to an expedited end.

While many of us would prefer an immediate full withdrawal from Afghanistan, there is broad, bipartisan consensus in Congress and across America that it is time to accelerate the transition from U.S. to full Afghan control. We also remind you that any agreement committing U.S. troops to Afghanistan must have congressional approval to be binding.

Therefore, at the upcoming NATO summit in Chicago, we ask that you announce an accelerated transition of security responsibility to the Afghan government and security forces and the expedited withdrawal of our troops from Afghanistan as quickly as these can be safely and responsibly accomplished.

Sincerely,

Members of Congress

Barbara Lee (CA)
Member of Congress
Walter Jones (NC)
Member of Congress

Current Co-Signers (62):

Earl Blumenauer (OR),
Peter DeFazio (OR),
Adam Smith (WA)
Jim McDermott(WA)

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Adam Smith gets in better synch with the new 9th Congressional District (Original Post) eridani May 2012 OP
Debra By Chance????? rsmith6621 May 2012 #1
Yep--Smith would do very, very well to pay a lot of attention to her over then next couple of years eridani May 2012 #2

eridani

(51,907 posts)
2. Yep--Smith would do very, very well to pay a lot of attention to her over then next couple of years
Thu May 10, 2012, 03:25 AM
May 2012

Her current project is pushing him in the direction of being more progressive on Social Security and Medicare.

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