You are invited to join a Nationwide GDAMS Briefing Call with Bill Hartung and Lindsay Koshbarian.

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In preparation for the April 14 – May 3 Global Days of Action on Military Spending (GDAMS), we are happy to announce that Lindsay Koshgarian and Bill Hartung will serve as our expert resource analysts on this briefing call. They will provide background on the Trump and Congressional budgets, U.S. military spending, what is at risk and the alternative ways our tax dollars can and should be spent.

William D. Hartung is the director of the Arms and Security Project at the Center for International Policy and a senior adviser to the center's Security Assistance Monitor. His articles on security issues have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, The Nation, and the World Policy Journal. He has been a featured expert on national security issues on CBS 60 Minutes, NBC Nightly News, and CNN.

Lindsay Koshgarian is Program Director of the National Priorities Project at the Institute for Policy Studies. Her work and commentary on the federal budget and military spending has appeared on NPR, the BBC, CNN, The Nation, U.S. News and World Report, and others.

This briefing call is hosted by United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ).

Participating Organizations : American Friends Service Committee, Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security, Code Pink, Granny Peace Brigade, National Priorities Project, National War Tax Resistance, Peace Action, Pentagon Budget Campaign, U.S. Labor Against the War, United for Peace and Justice, Veterans for Peace, Walpole Peace and Justice Group, Win Without War, World Beyond War, Environmentalists Against War

For more information about the U.S. Global Days of Action, including resources, events and co-sponsoring organizations, see: http://demilitarize.org/gdams-usa/