Tell Congress: Support the Iraq War De-Escalation Act of 2007

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Yesterday in Congress, pro-war conservatives in the Senate used a filibuster to stop a resolution expressing disapproval of President Bush's escalation of the war in Iraq. So now it's time for binding legislation to put an end to the occupation and start bringing our troops home.
Fortunately, Representatives Thompson and Murphy in the House, and Senator Obama in the Senate, have today introduced the "Iraq War De-Escalation Act of 2007."This binding legislation ends President Bush's escalation by capping the number of troops at January 10, 2007 levels; puts forward specific benchmarks for success in Iraq; and establishes a timeline to redeploy our troops beginning no later than May 1, 2007. This legislation is entirely consistent with the proposals of the Iraq Study group.
It's been three months since the American people voted to shake up Congress, sending the clearest possible anti-war message to our national leaders. Unfortunately, many in Congress are feeling timid about using binding legislation to start bringing our troops home -- so we need to demonstrate a flood of support for the strongest possible measures to end the occupation.
Congress authorized the President to start this war; they voted to appropriate the funds to continue it, and now it's time they vote to end it.Call to action:Tell your representative and senators to support the Iraq War De-Escalation Act of 2007.Deadline:immediate
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We urge you to edit the text of the letter and add a few words about how the ongoing occupation of Iraq has affected YOU and YOUR community.
The stakes could not be higher on this issue. A new report by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office shows that the real troop increase associated with President Bush's escalation policy could be as high as 48,000, more than double the 21,500 soldiers that Bush has claimed. These new facts about escalation come just as Congress is set to receive a long-delayed National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iraq, the first such document from the U.S. intelligence community since 2002. According to the Washington Post, the NIE "outlines an increasingly perilous situation in which the United States has little control and there is a strong possibility of further deterioration."

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