Contact Congress - Say NO to EADS

Please send the letter below to your elected officials and let them know they shouldn't outsource our national security.

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Dear [ Decision Maker ],

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I'm outraged that the Air Force changed the rules in the middle of the game and awarded the contract for the Air Force's next-generation aerial refueling tanker -- one of the largest and most critical contracts in Pentagon history -- to a consortium that includes EADS, a company whose ownership and key influencers include the governments of France, Germany and even Russia.

The shocking decision to hand this critical assignment to nations, which in the recent past, have been active opponents of our national security interests, and in the case of Russia, openly hostile to America, threatens our national security in a number of ways:

* The Pentagon gave the nations controlling EADS the means to hold our national security hostage by influencing the company to withhold tanker delivery if they disagree with our foreign policy, an action for which there is recent precedent involving another foreign supplier that opposed our involvement in Iraq.

* EADS has done or attempted to do business with adversaries such as Iran and Venezuela -- which means the U.S. could be putting some of our most sensitive defense technologies at risk, especially since it is not clear that this European contractor is subject to the same stringent export controls as U.S. companies.

* Allowing a European supplier to build the aircraft - 40 to 50 percent of which will consist of foreign content under their plan -- will undermine our defense infrastructure.  The tens of thousands of jobs and crucial new technology and skills created by this contract need to be kept here in the United States, not supplied overseas.

* EADS has further damaged our economic security by engaging in unfair trade practices involving the very commercial aircraft on which its tanker bid is based.

As a constituent, I urge you to look into why the Air Force made the outrageous decision to put a critical tool for America's national security into the hands of an untested subcontractor whose owners and influencers have not been in step with America's priorities and security interests -- and to join with those in Congress who are taking steps to reverse this extraordinary error in judgment.

Thank you in advance for taking action to put the interests and safety of the American people first!

Sincerely,
[Your name]
[Your address]

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