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Dear Representative (last name):

We are writing to inform you that we will only support appropriating additional funds for U.S. military operations in Iraq during Fiscal Year 2008 and beyond for the protection and safe redeployment of all our troops out of Iraq before you leave office.

More than 3,600 of our brave soldiers have died in Iraq. More than 26,000 have been seriously wounded. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have been killed or injured in the hostilities and more than 4 million have been displaced from their homes. Furthermore, this conflict has degenerated into a sectarian civil war and U.S. taxpayers have paid more than $500 billion, despite assurances that you and your key advisors gave our nation at the time you ordered the invasion in March, 2003 that this military intervention would cost far less and be paid from Iraqi oil revenues.

We agree with a clear and growing majority of the American people who are opposed to continued, open-ended U.S. military operations in Iraq, and believe it is unwise and unacceptable for you to continue to unilaterally impose these staggering costs and the soaring debt on Americans currently and for generations to come.

Sincerely,
(your full name)
(your address)

______________________________

The Honorable (full name)
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510

Dear Senator (last name),

We the undersigned urge you to vote against any funding to continue the military occupation of Iraq, which may be included in any spending bill, unless it requires these funds to be used solely for fully-funding the safe and timely redeployment of our troops and military contractors from Iraq within an immediate, specified timeline. Should legislation come to the Senate floor that does not strictly limit funding to the safe and complete redeployment of U.S. troops out of Iraq, we urge you to cast a NO vote.

After almost five years, nearly 4000 lives of our brave service men and women, millions of Iraqis displaced and hundreds of thousands killed, and approximately $500,000,000,000.000 spent, it is past time for the U.S. occupation of Iraq to end.

The basic reality is that the only way to end the violence against U.S. forces and bring stability to Iraq and the region is to declare that forces will be redeployed from Iraq as soon and safely as is possible and that we have no designs to have an indefinite military presence there.

The American public is ahead of Congress on this point. More than half of those polled in recent weeks want U.S. troops home as soon as possible (USA Today/Gallop) with nearly 60 percent wanting the occupation to end on a specified timeline (Pew).

The President is pursuing his misguided Iraq policy in direct contradiction to the will of the people, and Congress must step up and refuse to continue to fund it.

Thank you,
(your full name)
(your address)

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The Honorable (full name)
(Room #) (Name) House Office Building
United States House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515

Dear Representative (last name):

U.S. military personnel continue to die in Iraq. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have died since the U.S. invasion and 4 million have fled their homes. U.S. taxpayers have contributed more than $1 trillion to pay for the current and future costs of the first four years of war.

I urge you to take action to bring the U.S. troops home from Iraq and take care of their needs upon return; to fund aid for the humanitarian crisis in Iraq and an eventual Iraqi-led repair and reconstruction; and to fund critical human needs here in the United States.

Sincerely,
(your full name)
(address)

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