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FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact: Ralph Nader or Mark Wittink, (202)-387-8034 Congress is close to passing the energy bill. Behind closed doors, corporations, lobbyists, and leadership in both houses are debating a key provision that would shield the producers of MTBE (methyl tertiary butyl ether) from any legal claims that the chemical is “defective in design…
Read MoreMr. Warren Buffett Chief Executive Officer Berkshire Hathaway Inc.1440 Kiewit PlazaOmaha, NE 68131 Dear Mr. Buffett: From reports in the media, I have learned that you are keenly interested in investing up to $15 billion in this country’s troubled electric utility sector and that, as a prerequisite to this investment, you and your surrogates advocate…
Read MorePresident George W. BushThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Ave, NWWashington, DC 20500 September 4, 2003 Dear President Bush: It has been reported that the savings accruing to your vice president and your cabinet members from the recent legislation reducing taxes (mostly on the wealthy) are substantial. As the attached analysis demonstrates, based on latest financial reports,…
Read MoreSenator Bill FristU. S. SenateWashington, D.C. 20510 July 9, 2003 Dear Senator Frist: As a graduate of Princeton University and a medical Doctor, you know the meaning of the phrases ” in the nationís service,” and “first, do no harm.” The same physician, who volunteers in Africa to treat patients, is the leader of the…
Read MoreMay 29, 2003 H. Walker Feaster IIIInspector GeneralFederal Communications Commission445 12th Street, S.W.Washington, D.C., 20554 Dear Mr. Feaster: By now you have read in detail, no doubt, what you and your office have sensed. The Center for Public Integrity has assembled from FCC travel records data revealing that industry groups and companies regulated by the…
Read MoreORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING CLERGY, LABOR, ENVIRONMENT, BUSINESSES, STUDENTS, PEACE GROUPS, WOMENS’ GROUPS, CITY COUNCILS, CONSUMERS, VETERANS, PROFESSORS AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY EXPERTS REQUEST MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT BUSH Over the last six weeks, civic groups with deep concerns about the impending war with Iraq have requested meetings with President Bush, who not once in the past year has…
Read MoreMarch 6, 2003 President George W. Bush The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President: Before you decide whether to attack Iraq, we the undersigned business executives, Republicans, Democrats and Independents, respectfully request the opportunity to meet with you to discuss our concerns about the economic consequences of such a…
Read MoreFebruary 26, 2003 The Honorable George W. Bush President The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, D.C. 20500 Re: War in Iraq Dear President Bush: The undersigned national environmental organizations wish to request a meeting with you concerning the possible war with Iraq. We would like to discuss the public health and environmental ramifications…
Read MoreLetter to President Bush from University of Chicago Political Science Professors Against War in Iraq
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO Political Science Department February 11, 2003 President George W. Bush White House Washington, D.C. FAX #: 202-456-2461 Dear President Bush, Shibley Telhami (the Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland), Stephen M. Walt (the Renee Belfer Professor of International Affairs at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of…
Read MoreFebruary 7, 2003 The Honorable George W. Bush President of the United States The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear President Bush: On behalf of the Chicago City Council and the 75 other local elected bodies that have adopted resolutions urging an alternative to preemptive war against Iraq, I am writing…
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