Deb Garretson

Reprinted courtesy of The Herald-Times Beth Shalom member Deb Garretson had a letter published in The Herald-Times earlier this week: War as election issue To the editor: During this election year, let us ask our candidates to fund programs that can help prevent war. Instead of sending another 100,000 young soldiers to war, ask candidates to: provide sufficient funds to fill the 1,000 unfilled U.S. diplomatic positions around the world and to fully pay U.S. dues to the United Nations, pay off the $1.9 billion in unpaid dues from previous years. Instead of preparing to fight new wars, ask them to invest in peaceful prevention of conflict. DEBORAH GARRETSON Bloomington