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Help Block New Nukes in Senate

Please respond to this alert from the Friends Committee on National Legislation.

You can fax Sen. Gregg at 202-224-4952 or call his DC office at 202-224-3324.

Sen. Judd Gregg, who sits on the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, has a chance to say no to new nuclear weapons, ending the administration's hopes of funding the Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW).

This week, the Senate Appropriations Committee will consider the Energy and Water Appropriations bill, which includes nuclear weapons funding. FCNL expects an amendment to be offered to fund the Reliable Replacement Warhead program (RRW). The vote will be close, and your senator's vote is key. Contact your senator today and urge him to vote "no" on funding for new nuclear weapons.

The House has already eliminated all funding for this new warhead. If the Senate follows suit, the program will be dead. But if the Senate adds money for the new weapons into the bill, the program will have new life.
Last year, FCNL led a successful campaign to stop the administration's proposal to build the Reliable Replacement Warhead. With your help, we halted that program in its tracks: Congress refused to fund it after hearing from you and thousands of others who oppose new nuclear weapons.

This year, the message remains the same:

* A new warhead could lead to a resumption of nuclear testing, breaking the current moratorium.
* Pursuing new nuclear arms sends the wrong message to the international community and undermines U.S. credibility when we argue that other countries should forego such weapons.
* In the context of the push for a world free of nuclear weapons, now endorsed by former Secretaries of State George Shultz and Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of Defense William Perry, and former Sen. Sam Nunn (GA), it does not make sense to pursue the RRW.

Find out more: http://action.fcnl.org/r/15947/33321/
 
 
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