Subject: How the sequester impacts military families
From: "Jon Soltz, VoteVets.org" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 16:38:49 +0000

Dear Hunter - 

When Republicans rejected compromise solutions to avoid the "sequester," they ushered in a series of cuts that promise to hurt military families at home and in the field. 

At home, medical care, Department of Defense-run schools, social services like sexual assault prevention and treatment, tuition assistance, child care, and many other programs will get cut.

In the field, operations and maintenance funding (O&M) -- which is essentially responsible for readiness and deployment -- already faces a $6 billion shortfall, and sequestration could double it.

We have a powerful voice and unique opportunity to stop these cuts. Sign our petition to congressional leadership calling on an end to the sequester and its impact on military families.

http://action.votevets.org/sequester

Nine Republican Senators already defected from a GOP plan to end the sequester, in large part because of the cuts impacting members of the military and their families. 

They also rejected a commonsense Democratic plan that would have millionaires and billionaires shoulder a small amount of the burden to avoid sequester. 

The issue is at an impasse right now, and our voices are critical to ensure there's a resolution to the crisis.

Sign our petition to congressional leadership and make your voice heard today.

http://action.votevets.org/sequester

We'll deliver these petitions early next week and let you know about any responses we receive from legislative offices. 

Best,

Jon Soltz 
@jonsoltz 
Iraq War Veteran 
Chairman, VoteVets

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