Dear President-Elect Obama:

We the undersigned, members and supporters of the Global Network, write to congratulate you on your recent election as President of the U.S. We want to help you in every way possible to promote peace around the world so that our national resources could be used for the tremendous needs we have here at home like health care, education, job creation, dealing with climate change and more.

We specifically write to urge you to reject the Bush administration plan to deploy "missile defense" interceptors in Poland and a Star Wars radar system in the Czech Republic. We know you are aware of Russia's deep concern that these deployments are really aimed at them in spite of Pentagon assurances they are only directed at Iran.

Respected U.S. scientists George Lewis and Ted Postol recently studied these proposed deployments and wrote an article called "The European missile defense folly" that was printed in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists in the May/June issue of 2008. In their report Lewis and Postol state that, "Despite claims to the contrary by both Missile Defense Agency and State Department officials, the interceptors that Washington wants to deploy in Poland are fast enough to catch Russian ICBMs launched from locations west of the Ural Mountains toward the continental United States. The location of the interceptor site in Poland is ideal for this purpose."

Russia of course has responded that they will be forced to upgrade their offensive nuclear capability if these U.S. weapons are indeed deployed in Central Europe. The people of Poland and the Czech Republic are in large numbers opposed to their countries being used as U.S. bases and we understand that in recent days over 30 mayors from Czech towns near the proposed U.S. radar base wrote you urging the plan be scrapped.

Expanding U.S. military operations near Russia's borders will only help create a new Cold War and a new arms race that would eventually spread throughout Europe and beyond. Instead of this we hope you will work hard to make nuclear disarmament and a space weapons ban treaty (PAROS) top priorities.

In addition, we do not believe that any president should enact base agreements or treaties (such as these with Poland and the Czech Republic) without the constitutionally required approval of the Senate.

We look forward to hearing from you about how you intend to deal with this important issue. We wish you well and thank you for your attention to this matter of grave concern to us. We pledge to you that we will keep our eyes on the ball.

In peace,

Bruce K. Gagnon
Coordinator
Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space

http://space4peace.blogspot.com/

Associated Press



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· Phyllis Reames (Portland, Maine)
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· Barbara H. Reed, WILPF (West Palm Beach, Florida)
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· Myra Remly (Aberdeen, South Dakota)
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· Jane Sanford (Belfast, Maine)
· Franceso Sanfilippo (Portland, Maine)
· Kathryn Sawyer (Oakland, California)
· Susan Sayre (Irvine, California)
· Faye Scandrett, WILPF (University City, Missouri)
· Carolyn Scarr, Ecumenical Peace Institute (Berkeley, California)
· Sister Mary Schmuck, R.S.M. (Nazareth, Kentucky)
· Gladys Schmitz, S.S.N.D. (Mankato, Minnesota)
· Betty Schroeder, WILPF (Tucson, Arizona)
· June Schumacher (Burien, Washington)
· Mary Jane Schutzius, WILPF (Florissant, Missouri)
· Sister Josita Schwab (Aberdeen, South Dakota)
· Ellen Schwartz, WILPF (Sacramento, California)
· Liz Schwartz, Peace Action (Arroyo Seco, New Mexico)
· David Seaborg (Walnut Creek, California)
· Andy Sekara (San Francisco, California)
· Marian Shaaban, WILPF (Bloomington, Indiana)
· Enid Shames, WILPF (West Palm Beach, Florida)
· Mona Shaw, Des Moines Catholic Worker (Des Moines, Iowa)
· Tom Shea (Snoqualmie, Washington)
· Bonnie Shulman (Poland, Maine)
· Mark Siemens (Eugene, Oregon)
· Christine Sipula (Bloomington, Illinois)
· Elliott Skinner, People for Peace (Santa Fe, New Mexico)
· Alice Slater (New York, New York)
· Marcia Slatkin (Shoreham, New York)
· William H. Slavick, Pax Christi Maine (Portland, Maine)
· Robert M. Smith, Brandywine Peace Community (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania)
· Jean Snyder (Greenbelt, Maryland)
· Louise Lora Somlyo (Portland, Maine)
· Randa Solick, WILPF (Santa Cruz, California)
· Doris Soroko (Barrytown, New York)
· South Dakota Peace and Justice Center
· Jimmy Spearow, Ph.D. (Davis, California)
· Margaret Springer (Eugene, Oregon)
· Diana & Rudy Stauffer (Placerville, California)
· Paul Stein (New York, NY)
· Selma Sternlieb (Brunswick, Maine)
· John and Sheila Stewart (St. Petersburg, Florida)
· Roberta Stewart, Women In Black (Bandon, Oregon)
· R. Stoddard (Lincoln, Nebraska)
· Elizabeth A. Streeter, Peace Action Maine (Portland, Maine)
· Tom Sturtevant, Veterans for Peace (Winthrop, Maine)
· JoAnn Sturzl (Dell Rapids, South Dakota)
· Lynn Goodman-Strauss, Mary House Catholic Worker (Austin, Texas)
· Mary Beth Sullivan, Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space (Bath, Maine)
· Bill Sulzman, Citizens for Peace in Space (Colorado Springs, Colorado)
· Rita Surdi (Las Vegas, New Mexico)
· David Swanson, After Downing Street (Virginia)
· Boryana A. Tacconi (Andover, Massachusetts)
· Gary Michael Tartakov (Amherst, Massachusetts)
· Rev. Arch B. Taylor, Jr., Presbyterian Church USA (Clarksville, Indiana)
· Bob Terpstra (Delray Beach, Florida)
· Sandy Thacker, WILPF (Berkeley, California)
· Frances Thomas (Somerset, Massachusetts)
· Patricia Thomas (Melbourne, Florida)
· Vince Thomas, GroWorks (Rock Island, Illinois)
· Mary Thompson (Placerville, California)
· Sally-Alice & Donald Thompson (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
· Russell Todd (Roslyn Heights, New York)
· Bill Towe, N.C. Peace Action (Cary, North Carolina)
· Vanson Tran (Waterman, Illinois)
· Gay Trachsel (Duluth, Minnesota)
· Helen Travis (Mineola, Iowa)
· Jacque Travis (Eugene, Oregon)
· Betty Traynor, WILPF (San Francisco, California)
· Anna Trevorrow (Portland, Maine)
· Zimya' A. Toms-Trend, Mother Courage Productions (Seattle, Washington)
· Elaine H. Troy, WILPF (West Palm Beach, Florida)
· Paul & Sue Troyano (New Orleans, Louisiana)
· Fran Truitt (Blue Hill, Maine)
· Edie Tschetter (Freeman, South Dakota)
· Gene Turner (Dewitt, New York)
· Upper Hudson Peace Action (Albany, New York)
· Carol Urner, WILPF (Portland, Oregon)
· Brother Gyoshu Utsumi, Nipponzan Myohoji-Atlanta Dojo (Atlanta, Georgia)
· Marge Van Cleef, Bryn Mawr Peace Coalition (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania)
· Barbara & Hendrik van den Berg (Lincoln, Nebraska)
· Mary Claire Van der Horst, Wage Peace Inc. (Jacksonville, Florida)
· Wendy Vasquez (Des Moines, Iowa)
· Catherine Vatterott, WILPF (St. Ann, Missouri)
· Cary Vigneri (Omaha, Nebraska)
· David Vine, Department of Anthropology, American University (Washington DC)
· Estelle Voeller (Medford, Oregon)
· Georgii Ginzburg-Voskov (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
· Dan Wainberg (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts)
· Karen Wainberg, Addams-Melman House (Bath, Maine)
· Laurie Wainberg (Portland, Maine)
· Mary Lu Walker (Corning, New York)
· Susan Walker (Lake Arrowhead, California)
· Andrea Walsh, World Fellowship Center (Albany, New Hampshire)
· Kenneth G. Walton (Fairfield, Iowa)
· Anne Wandrey (Grimes, Iowa)
· Rufus Wanning (Orland, Maine)
· Levi Wark (Bath, Maine)
· Kay Warren (Tucson, Arizona)
· Arline Warrence, WILPF (West Palm Beach, Florida)
· Bill Warrick, MD (Gainesville, Florida)
· Peter Menard-Warwick (Davis, California)
· Dixie Webb (Ankeny, Iowa)
· Rosalie Weiss (Delray Beach, Florida)
· Margaret N. Weitzmann (Potsdam, New York)
· Elaine Wells (Omaha, Nebraska)
· Wanda Wendt (Des Moines, Iowa)
· Barbara West (Arrowsic, Maine)
· Jerry Wharton (Tucson, Arizona)
· Joe Whiteman (Las Vegas, New Mexico)
· Don Whitmore, Third Millennium Foundation (Auburn, Washington)
· Bill Wickersham (Columbia, Missouri)
· Bill Wieland (Aberdeen, South Dakota)
· Leona Wieland (Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
· Faith M. Willcox (Westport, Maine)
· Gail Williams (Liberty, Maine)
· Terri Williams, WILPF (Webster Groves, Missouri)
· Tracy Williams (Belfast, Maine)
· Leland Wilson (Gold Canyon, Arizona)
· Monica Wilson (Seattle, Washington)
· Olive Wilson (Primghar, Iowa)
· Winthrop-area People for Peace (Maine)
· Mike & Bonnie Wisniewski (West Covina, California)
· Rebecca J. Wolfe, Ph.D., UN Association of Metropolitan Seattle (Edmonds, Washington)
· Kristina Wolff (Farmington, Maine)
· Carol Wolman MD, New Broom Coalition (Mendocino, California)
· Women for Genuine Security (San Francisco Bay Area, California)
· Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom (Anchorage, Alaska)
· Women's International League for Peace & Freedom (Berkeley/East Bay, California)
· Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom (Boston, Massachusetts)
· Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
· Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom (Santa Cruz, California)
· Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom (St. Louis, Missouri)
· Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom (Wilmington, Delaware)
· Peter Woodruff (Arrowsic, Maine)
· World Rainforest Fund (Walnut Creek, California)
· Russell Wray, Citizens Opposing Active Sonar Threats (Hancock, Maine)
· Phyllis S. Yingling, WILPF (Catonsville, Maryland)
· Brother Martin Zatsick, Saint Mark Church (Lake Andes, South Dakota)

· Organizations listed with names for identification purposes

Cc: Sen. Hillary Clinton (Secretary of State-Designate)
Secretary Robert Gates (Secretary of Defense)
Sen. Carl Levin (Chair, Senate Armed Services Committee)
Rep. Ike Skelton (Chair, House Armed Services Committee)