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Urge your Congressperson to vote YES on the McGovern-Sestak-Bishop (GA)-Lewis (GA) amendment!

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May 25, 2013

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Dear Representative,

As your constituent, I urge you to vote YES on the McGovern-Sestak-Bishop (GA)-Lewis (GA) amendment to the National Defense Authorization Bill. The amendment would release the names, country of origin, rank and dates of attendance at WHINSEC for graduates and instructors.

This amendment is supported by Chairman of the Armed Services Committee, Congressman Ike Skelton.

As you may know the School of the Americas, renamed WHINSEC, has a notorious history linked to serious crimes and human rights abuses throughout Latin America. In the past few years under WHINSEC, known human rights abusers have attended the school and WHINSEC instructors have been arrested in Colombia for returning home and aiding the drug cartels. None of this information would be known if the basic information about enrollment at WHINSEC were not disclosed. This information is vital to the work of Congress and human rights organizations who seek protection of human rights and promoting transparency…however all FOIA requests for this information are now being denied. What is WHINSEC hiding?!

Voting YES on the McGovern-Sestak-Bishop (GA)-Lewis (GA) amendment is a vote FOR human rights and FOR transparency. I urge you to vote YES!!!

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