Tuesday, July 21, 2009

LEGISLATIVE ACTION ALERT - Send Iran a message










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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
ALERT!!


SUPPORT AMENDMENT #1628
TO THE
THE NATIONAL
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT

SEND A MESSAGE TO IRAN!


by Lisa Piraneo, Director of Government
Relations



President
Obama has warned that “Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon would not only be a
threat to Israel and a threat to the United States, but would be
profoundly destabilizing in the international community as a whole and
could set off a nuclear arms race in the Middle East that would be
extraordinarily dangerous for all concerned, including for Iran.”


Over the years, Iran has received numerous international warnings
to “cease and desist” its participation in unlawful nuclear activities, as
well as its development of unconventional weapons and support for
international terrorism.

Unfortunately, such warnings have
fallen on deaf ears.
Despite sanctions imposed by the U.N. Security
Council aimed at convincing Iran to stop its unlawful activities and
comply with the requirements of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and
despite sanctions imposed by the U.S. Treasury Department on several
Iranian banks for their involvement in proliferation activities and
terrorism support, Iran continues on its current and dangerous course.


Amendment #1628 to S. 1390, the National Defense Authorization Act
for 2010, addresses this issue in a direct way by expressing the Sense of
the Senate that the government of Iran should:







  1. Seize the historic offer put forward by President Barack Obama
    to engage in direct diplomacy with the United States;


  2. Suspend all enrichment-related and reprocessing activities,
    including research and development, and work on all heavy-water
    related projects, including the construction of a research reactor
    moderated by heavy water, as demanded by multiple resolutions of
    the United Nations Security Council; and


  3. Come into full compliance with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation
    Treaty, including the additional protocol to the Treaty.
Further, Amendment #1628
asserts that President Obama should impose sanctions, including those on
the Central Bank of Iran (as well as any other Iranian banks involved in
proliferation activities or terrorist support), if…








  1. Iran has not accepted the U.S. offer to engage in direct
    diplomacy via the P5-plus-1 process before the Summit of the Group
    of 20 in September, 2009, and has not suspended all of its
    enrichment-related and reprocessing activities and work on all
    heavy-water related projects; within 60 days of the summit’s
    conclusion, and


  2. The U.N. Security Council has not adopted significant
    additional sanctions on the government of Iran.
We need to assert some “tough talk” –
coupled with hard deadlines – in addition to the Obama administration’s
current course of soft diplomacy. This amendment is a good first
step.




THE FOLLOWING ACTION IS
NEEDED FROM YOU, OUR ACT!
FOR
AMERICA GRASSROOTS
ADVOCATE!

The amendment is expected
to be considered sometime today. Please take a moment RIGHT NOW to call
your elected official in the U.S. SENATE. [Click
here
to locate your Senator] and urge him/her to support the
Kyl/Lieberman amendment #1628 to S. 1390, the National Defense
Authorization Act for 2010.

We need to send a strong message to
Iran that their destructive behavior will not be tolerated — and will have
consequences!




REMEMBER, YOUR VOICE
COUNTS!

IF EACH OF US DOES JUST A LITTLE, TOGETHER WE CAN

ACCOMPLISH A LOT!



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