USCCB Action Alert 5/19/10

President Obama and President Medvedev of Russia signed a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) on April 8, 2010. 

The New START Treaty: reduces deployed strategic warheads to 1550, 30 percent below the existing ceiling; limits both nations to no more than 700 delivery vehicles; and includes new verification requirements.

The Treaty was submitted to the U.S. Senate for ratification on May 13.  Many groups are urging renewed advocacy with U.S. Senators the week of May 17-21.  USCCB supports strong, bipartisan action to ratify the New START Treaty.

Please use this action alert to contact your Senators during the week of May 17-21 and urge them to give bipartisan support to the New START Treaty because it makes our nation and world safer by reducing nuclear weapons in a verifiable way. 

To contact your Senators, you can visit http://capwiz.com/catholicbishops/ or www.senate.gov or go through the Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121. 

Thank you for your leadership. 

Steve Colecchi

Director
Office of International Justice and Peace
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops