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Senator Charles Schumer                                                  February 15, 2011

One Park Place, Suite 100

Peekskill, New York 10566

 

Dear Senator Schumer:

 

  On February 10, 2011 you issued a press release saying that you want to amend the Federal Aviation Administration law so that air space will be expanded around Syracuse  for testing of  “cutting edge military drones.”   You said this will “unleash millions of investment into the region and create jobs.”

 

  For the reasons outlined in the attached flyer, we the undersigned urge you to reverse course and work to end to all drone testing, training and operation in New York State, including drone operations at Fort Drum in Watertown NY.

 

  We want to emphasize here that the atrocities and assassinations being committed by the United States using drones in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and Yemen are unconscionable.  The idea that you would use job creation as a reason for encouraging the development and use of these weapons is morally unacceptable.

 

  Every single minute $300,000 goes into our wars.  Because of this spending the United States cannot meet the educational and employment needs of its citizens.  For you to tout job creation from weapons building under these circumstances is astounding.   

 

 We would like to meet with you at your earliest convenience to discuss these concerns.  Please respond to the WESPAC Foundation at (914) 449-6514 or [email protected]

 

 Sincerely,

 

Harriet Ackerman, Hastings on Hudson

Sondra Armer, Croton on Hudson

Frank Brodhead, Hastings on Hudson

Elaine Brower, World Can’t Wait, Military Families Speak Out, New York City

Russell Brown, Buffalo

Frank Carbone, Newburgh

Ben Chitty, Co-cordinator Tappan Zee Brigade, Veterans for Peace Chapt. 61, Yonkers

Andrew Courtney

Pamela Daly,

Don DeBar, Ossining

Gayle Dunkelberger, Katonah

Roger Drew, Greenburgh

Marilyn Ellie, Cortlandt

Kathryn Joy Fuller, Syracuse

Carol Gable, Gaithersburg, MD (formerly of Mamaroneck)

Felice Gelman, Tarrytown

Mirene Ghossen, New Rochelle

Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb, Stoney Point

Dr. Arthur Grant, Chappaqua

Joan Indusi, Ossining

Judith A. and George E. Homanich, Buffalo

Mary Johnson, Mt. Kisco

Lorraine and Sam Katen, Mamaroneck

Ed Kinane, Syracuse

Cecelia Lavan, New Rochelle

Leila Luvka, Somers

Kwame Madden, Peekskill

Ann Marwick, Yorktown Heights

Kathryn Mang-Haag

Larry McGovern, Dobbs Ferry

Nick Mottern, Hastings on Hudson

Dan M. Nalven, Ossining

Valerie Niederhoffer, Buffalo

Pepi Powell, Peekskill

Joanne Robinson, Yonkers

Enrico Rodrigues, White Plains

Victoria Ross

Meredith Ryan, Mount Vernon

David Swanson, author, Co-founder WarIsACrime.org, Washington, DC

Syracuse Peace Council

Rose Viviano, Syracuse

Bennett Weiss, Newburgh