Call your senator and ask them to support the Webb-Hagel ammendment and our troops! Urgent!

[calteacherguy]

Please call! We need to hold their feet to the fire. Any senator not supporting this ammendment does not support the troops! Once you have called, please respond with the name of your senator and the response you got from their office. If you don't want to pay long distance, use your cell phone. After you have called and posted, please recommend this thead for our troops and show how much DU'ers support giving our troops the proper time at home!

Dear VoteVets.org Supporter,

Our nation's troops need your help, right now!

This week, the Senate will consider an amendment offered by military veterans, Senators Jim Webb (D-VA) and Chuck Hagel (R-NE) that puts on paper one of the greatest things we can do to support the troops and the military - guaranteeing them proper time on the homefront, to improve our readiness.


CALL YOUR SENATOR AT 202-224-3121 AND TELL THEM TO SUPPORT THE WEBB-HAGEL READINESS AMENDMENT


Their amendment simply says that active duty troops should have as much time home as they had on deployment, and that National Guard and Reserve troops should have three years at home after their one-year deployment. Besides being a just and fair thing to do for those who are making tremendous sacrifices for all of us, it is just good military policy.

The war in Iraq is breaking our fine Army and Marine Corps. You've heard the stories about deployments being extended again and again, and troops coming home only to turn around and head right back. It has led to our troops being depleted and exhausted. Not only that, but it has seriously damaged our ability to defend this nation. Many units are simply not combat ready, and God forbid an attack by a rogue nation necessitates opening up a new war front, our forces would be unable to respond. Further, extended and frequent deployments of our National Guard has left us much more vulnerable at home.

As VoteVets.org's advisory board member Major General Batiste, a former commanding general in Iraq said, "In addition to our country's lack of strategic focus and failure to mobilize the country, our military is at a breaking point. The Webb-Hagel Amendment is a step in the right direction to force our leadership to come to grips with the gross mismatch between capability and requirements."

Tomorrow, we're going to be on Capitol Hill, to speak out in strong support of this bill. But we need you to back up our efforts.

Call your Senator's office at 202-224-3121 and tell them to support the Webb-Hagel Readiness Amendment. If you served in OIF or OEF, be sure to note that to the staffer you speak with. Remember, be polite with the person answering the phone, but firm in saying you support the troops, VoteVets.org, and Senators Webb and Hagel.

Let's make this happen, and really support the troops!

www.votevets.org

[calteacherguy]

1. I called Diane Feinstein's office.

The staffer seemed unfamiliar with the ammendment, but said she would let Feinstein know.

[Mass]

2. DiFi should train her staffers. She is a co-sponsor of the amendment.

SA 2012. Mr. WEBB (for himself, Mr. HAGEL, Mr. REID, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. SCHUMER, Mrs. CLINTON, Mr. OBAMA, Mr. BYRD, Mr. TESTER, Mrs. MCCASKILL, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. KERRY, Mr. SALAZAR, Mr. HARKIN, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. BROWN, Mrs. LINCOLN, Mr. PRYOR, Mr. SANDERS, Mrs. BOXER, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Ms. MIKULSKI, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. DODD, Mr. AKAKA, Mr. BIDEN, Ms. STABENOW, and Ms. LANDRIEU) proposed an amendment to amendment SA 2011 proposed by Mr. NELSON of Nebraska (for Mr. LEVIN) to the bill H.R. 1585, supra.

as is Barbara Boxer, and, I am proud to say, my two senators.

[calteacherguy]

3. Good to know...but yes, she should train her staffers. nt