Subject: You did it! Boykin pulls out of West Point event.
From: "Jon Soltz" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:06:50 -0500 (EST)

Dear Hunter, 

You did it! Last week, we wrote to the United States Military Academy at West Point, asking that they disinvite retired Lt. Gen. William Boykin from speaking at a prayer breakfast, because of his history of making inflammatory statements about Muslims and their religion. And yesterday, we asked you to join us in our call by emailing Army Chief of Staff General Ray Odierno, to take action. 

*Late yesterday, Lt. Gen. Boykin pulled out of the event! * 

This is because of you. Because of your efforts in sending over 5000 emails to the Pentagon, news organizations from the Associated Press [ http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/islam-critics-invite-to-speak-at-west-point-draws-protest-retired-gen-to-attend-cadet-event/2012/01/30/gIQAxrzAcQ_story.html ] to the New York Times [ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/31/us/lt-gen-william-boykin-known-for-anti-muslim-remarks-cancels-west-point-talk.html?_r=1 ] to Stars and Stripes [ http://www.stripes.com/groups-protest-west-point-speaker-with-anti-muslim-views-1.167185 ] and many other news outlets and blogs like ThinkProgress [ http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/01/30/414395/vets-group-odierno-cancel-west-point-boykin/ ], covered our call. This pressure undoubtedly had an effect. 

Thank you so much for joining us. We're powered by people like you, and together, we can make a difference. 

Sincerely,
Jon Soltz
Iraq War Veteran
Chairman, VoteVets.org 

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