<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I agree with the concerns raised here by others, and <b>vote no </b>on this motion.</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>It is regrettable that the statement is not better worded, because I think coalition efforts of this sort are valuable for us to engage in.</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I would propose that the vice-chair let the originating group know that we are supportive of the broad goal but have concerns with some of the wording, and ask about the possibility of the resolution's wording being modified accordingly.</div><div><br></div><div>Love & Liberty,</div><div><br></div><div><div> ((( starchild )))</div><div>At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee</div><div> <a href="mailto:RealReform@earthlink.net">RealReform@earthlink.net</a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span></div><div> (415) 625-FREE</div><div> @StarchildSF</div></div><div><br></div><br><div><div>On Aug 28, 2017, at 12:21 PM, Trent Somes wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div>If Dr. Lark chooses not to vote, I vote no as the Region 5 Alt. </div><div><br></div><div>There are legitimate reasons to keep FOBs in foreign countries, and in some cases, those bases can aid in diplomatic relations and cultural trust. Don't get me wrong, we need to close many bases, but suggesting that all should be closed seems shortsighted. </div></div><div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 11:23 AM David Demarest <<a href="mailto:dprattdemarest@gmail.com" target="_blank">dprattdemarest@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>Daniel, good point. I change my vote to "No".</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Aug 28, 2017 9:44 AM, "Tim Hagan" <<a href="mailto:timhagan-tyr@yahoo.com" target="_blank">timhagan-tyr@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div><div>I vote no.</div><div><br></div><div>I was also concerned about this paragraph asserting to use savings to provide government services instead of reducing the debt or taxes.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Tim Hagan<br></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><hr><div id="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyahoo_quoted_4819420342" class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a"><div><b>From:</b> Caryn Ann Harlos <<a href="mailto:carynannharlos@gmail.com" target="_blank">carynannharlos@gmail.com</a>></div><div><b>To:</b> "<a href="mailto:lnc-business@hq.lp.org" target="_blank">lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:lnc-business@hq.lp.org" target="_blank">lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a>></div><div><b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 28, 2017, 6:09:12 AM PDT</div><div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Lnc-business] Email Ballot 2017-18: Unity Statement</div><div><br></div><div><div id="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330"><div><div>I change my vote to no.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Chuck Moulton pointed this out, and I agree with him - there is another argument buried in here. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>==<span style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">> 4. The annual cost of these bases to the American taxpayers is approximately $156 billion. The support of U.S. foreign military bases drains funds that can be used to fund human needs and enable our cities and States to provide necessary services for the people.</span></div><br style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px" clear="none"><span style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Many LP members and LNC members were justifiably upset with the Iraq Exit Strategy produced by staff in 2010 (I think?) because it suggested taking troops from Iraq and redeploying them to Afghanistan and other places rather than simply reducing our military involvement.</span><br style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px" clear="none"><br style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px" clear="none"><span style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Similarly, instead of simply suggesting eliminating military spending (and reducing taxes as Libertarians would like), this resolution suggests re-allocating the funds to social welfare programs which should be cringe-worthy for anarchists and minarchists alike. At least, that was my reading of "funds that can be used to fund human needs and enable our cities and States to provide necessary services for the people".===</span><div><font color="#313131"><span style="word-spacing:1px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br clear="none"></span></font></div><div><font color="#313131"><span style="word-spacing:1px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">-Caryn Ann<br clear="none"></span></font><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"><div class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330gmail_quote"><div>On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 6:39 AM David Demarest <<a shape="rect" rel="nofollow">dpdemarest@centurylink.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330m_-4572965251746011584WordSection1"><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal">I must admit that coalitions make me nervous unless they are confined to advocacy for specific actions like closure of all foreign military bases and reducing our offensive military presence on foreign shores and on the seas. While this motion is presented in the context of the broader Libertarian perspective, the proposed actions appear to be on target. I fail to see any “rent is theft” connection.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal">As to the environmental issue, it is a well-established fact that governments and their military arms are by far the worst polluters and stewards of the environment. Our 25 existing and proposed 15 additional carrier strike forces are certainly not green-friendly floating wind farms.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal">On the espionage issue, I am okay with privately sponsored foreign defensive espionage but government offensive espionage is a serious threat to not only the world community but inevitably trickles down into information gathering focused on citizens here at home for obvious unethical reasons disguised as scare-tactic protection from terrorists.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal">Aside from my interest in a little more definition on the proposed coalition and its action limitations, I support this motion.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal">Thoughts?<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt">~David Pratt<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="color:#1f497d">2018 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currentcolor;padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Lnc-business [mailto:<a shape="rect" rel="nofollow">lnc-business-bounces@hq.lp.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Daniel Hayes<br clear="none"><b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 28, 2017 6:00 AM<br clear="none"><b>To:</b> <a shape="rect" rel="nofollow">lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a><br clear="none"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Lnc-business] Email Ballot 2017-18: Unity Statement<u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div></div><div lang="EN-US"><div class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330m_-4572965251746011584WordSection1"><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal">I vote NO.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div id="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330m_-4572965251746011584AppleMailSignature"><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div id="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330m_-4572965251746011584AppleMailSignature"><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal">I am TOTALLY in for closure of all foreign bases. I immediately paused at the language that Caryn Ann just pointed out about Environmental damage. I was worried I was going to be the only "No". I would have worn that one proudly. <u></u><u></u></p></div><div id="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330m_-4572965251746011584AppleMailSignature"><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div id="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330m_-4572965251746011584AppleMailSignature"><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal">I think I see another agenda from the authors here besides closing bases. I think we need to run away from this.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div id="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330m_-4572965251746011584AppleMailSignature"><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div id="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330m_-4572965251746011584AppleMailSignature"><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal">I don't think our position on foreign bases is unclear either. Run away.. bravely run away away...<u></u><u></u></p></div><div id="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330m_-4572965251746011584AppleMailSignature"><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div id="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330m_-4572965251746011584AppleMailSignature"><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal">If "we" sign this, next thing you know, we will have members saying something absurd and antithetical to the fundamental principles of libertarianism (like property rights) such as, "Rent is theft".<u></u><u></u></p></div><div id="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330m_-4572965251746011584AppleMailSignature"><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div id="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330m_-4572965251746011584AppleMailSignature"><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div id="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330m_-4572965251746011584AppleMailSignature"><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal">Daniel Hayes<u></u><u></u></p></div><div id="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330m_-4572965251746011584AppleMailSignature"><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal">LNC At Large Member<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Sent from my iPhone<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br clear="none">On Aug 28, 2017, at 3:40 AM, David Demarest <<a shape="rect" rel="nofollow">dprattdemarest@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><div><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal">Yes<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal">~David Pratt Demarest<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><div><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal">On Aug 28, 2017 2:22 AM, "Caryn Ann Harlos" <<a shape="rect" rel="nofollow">carynannharlos@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p><blockquote style="border-width:medium medium medium 1pt;border-style:none none none solid;border-color:currentcolor currentcolor currentcolor rgb(204,204,204);padding:0in 0in 0in 6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><div><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal">Yes<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal">On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 1:07 AM Alicia Mattson <<a shape="rect" rel="nofollow">agmattson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="border-width:medium medium medium 1pt;border-style:none none none solid;border-color:currentcolor currentcolor currentcolor rgb(204,204,204);padding:0in 0in 0in 6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><div><div><div><div><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal">We have an electronic <span class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330m_-4572965251746011584m-1119220126823362555m7443557611799866324gmail-m-1141488058345208449m-4082796757349072613gmail-m5215252036485821826gmail-m-2634892697165612292gmail-m6324776411065130667gmail-m1398300420053645662m3190443451192923416gmail-il">mail</span> <span class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330m_-4572965251746011584m-1119220126823362555m7443557611799866324gmail-m-1141488058345208449m-4082796757349072613gmail-m5215252036485821826gmail-m-2634892697165612292gmail-m6324776411065130667gmail-m1398300420053645662m3190443451192923416gmail-il">ballot</span>.<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br clear="none"><b><u>Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by September 7, <span class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330m_-4572965251746011584m-1119220126823362555m7443557611799866324gmail-m-1141488058345208449m-4082796757349072613gmail-m5215252036485821826gmail-m-2634892697165612292gmail-m6324776411065130667gmail-m1398300420053645662m3190443451192923416gmail-il">2017</span> at 11:59:59pm Pacific time.<br clear="none"></u></b> <br clear="none"><u>Co-Sponsors:</u> Vohra, Bittner, Harlos, Demarest<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><u>Motion:</u> The Chair is authorized by the LNC to sign the following petition on behalf of the LNC: <a shape="rect" rel="nofollow">http://noforeignbases.org/</a><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal">--------------------Resolution Text--------------------<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br clear="none">Coalition Against U.S. Foreign Military Bases<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Unity Statement<br clear="none"><br clear="none">We, the undersigned peace, justice and environmental organizations, and individuals, endorse the following Points of Unity and commit ourselves to working together by forming a Coalition Against U.S. Foreign Military Bases, with the goal of raising public awareness and organizing non-violent mass resistance against U.S. foreign military bases.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">While we may have our differences on other issues, we all agree that U.S. foreign military bases are the principal instruments of imperial global domination and environmental damage through wars of aggression and occupation, and that the closure of U.S. foreign military bases is one of the first necessary steps toward a just, peaceful and sustainable world. Our belief in the urgency of this necessary step is based on the following facts:<u></u><u></u></p><div style="margin-left:30.0pt"><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal">1. While we are opposed to all foreign military bases, we do recognize that the United States maintains the highest number of military bases outside its territory, estimated at almost 1000 (95% of all foreign military bases in the world). Presently, there are U.S. military bases in every Persian Gulf country except Iran.<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div style="margin-left:30.0pt"><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal">2. In addition, the United States has 19 Naval air carriers (and 15 more planned), each as part of a Carrier Strike Group, composed of roughly 7,500 personnel, and a carrier air wing of 65 to 70 aircraft — each of which can be considered a floating military base.<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div style="margin-left:30.0pt"><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal">3. These bases are centers of aggressive military actions, threats of political and economic expansion, sabotage and espionage, and crimes against local populations. In addition, these military bases are the largest users of fossil fuel in the world, heavily contributing to environmental degradation.<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div style="margin-left:30.0pt"><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal">4. The annual cost of these bases to the American taxpayers is approximately $156 billion. The support of U.S. foreign military bases drains funds that can be used to fund human needs and enable our cities and States to provide necessary services for the people.<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div style="margin-left:30.0pt"><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal">5. This has made the U.S. a more militarized society and has led to increased tensions between the U.S. and the rest of the world. Stationed throughout the world, almost 1000 in number, U.S. foreign military bases are symbols of the ability of the United States to intrude in the lives of sovereign nations and peoples.<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div style="margin-left:30.0pt"><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal">6. Many individual national coalitions — for example, Okinawa, Italy, Jeju Island Korea, Diego Garcia, Cyprus, Greece, and Germany — are demanding closure of bases on their territory. The base that the U.S. has illegally occupied the longest, for over a century, is Guantánamo Bay, whose existence constitutes an imposition of the empire and a violation of International Law. Since 1959 the government and people of Cuba have demanded that the government of the U.S. return the Guantánamo territory to Cuba.<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br clear="none">U.S. foreign military bases are NOT in defense of U.S. national, or global security. They are the military expression of U.S. intrusion in the lives of sovereign countries on behalf of the dominant financial, political, and military interests of the ruling elite. Whether invited in or not by domestic interests that have agreed to be junior partners, no country, no peoples, no government, can claim to be able to make decisions totally in the interest of their people, with foreign troops on their soil representing interests antagonistic to the national purpose.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">We must all unite to actively oppose the existence of U.S. foreign military bases and call for their immediate closure. We invite all forces of peace, social and environmental justice to join us in our renewed effort to achieve this shared goal.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">---------------End of Resolution Text---------------<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">-Alicia<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Lnc-business mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" rel="nofollow">Lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" rel="nofollow">http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org</a><u></u><u></u></p></blockquote></div></div><div><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal">-- <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt">In Liberty,</span></b><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt">Caryn Ann Harlos</span></b><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="m_-5011147631126912621m_5414443475951379005m_862248204839222819ydpbaaedabcyiv9429092330MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">(Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - <a shape="rect" rel="nofollow">Caryn.Ann. 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