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> From: "Charnock, Joann J Mrs CIV USA MEDCOM BACH" <[log in to unmask] 
> >
> Date: March 10, 2009 10:05:53 AM CDT (CA)
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: FW: Sign the Breastfeeding Petition to President-Elect  
> Obama! (UNCLASSIFIED)
>
> Classification:  UNCLASSIFIED
> Caveats: NONE
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Audrey Meek [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 5:18 PM
> To: Charnock, Joann J Mrs CIV USA MEDCOM BACH
> Subject: Sign the Breastfeeding Petition to President-Elect Obama!
>
> Dear Friend:
>
> We hope you will take a moment to help put breastfeeding on the  
> agenda of the
> new administration: to ask President-Elect Obama to place a high  
> priority on
> breastfeeding as an essential public health issue. There is virtually
> universal agreement among health care experts that, with rare  
> exceptions,
> breastfeeding is the optimal method of feeding all infants, sick as  
> well as
> healthy, preterm as well as full term. In addition to the myriad  
> health
> benefits provided to mother and infant, breastfeeding provides  
> significant
> economic and environmental benefits for families, employers, and  
> society by
> reducing health care expenses, eliminating the need to purchase  
> expensive
> formula, and reducing absenteeism from work to care for sick  
> infants. Learn
> more about the benefits of breastfeeding at: www.4woman.gov/breastfeeding 
> .
>
> The United States Breastfeeding Committee has created a petition to  
> the
> President-Elect, urging him to take several actions to protect,  
> promote, and
> support breastfeeding.
>
> SIGN THE PETITION TO PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA:
> www.usbreastfeeding.org/obamapetition
>
> In the coming months, our leaders will be focused on our economic and
> financial future. This time of crisis also presents an opportunity  
> to remind
> them that working mothers are an essential part of our nation's  
> economic
> security, just as the health of our children is a critical part of  
> our future.
> A full three-quarters of mothers are now in the labor force. As  
> government and
> employers cut back in response to the recession, many more families  
> are
> struggling to cover the rising costs of health care, groceries, and  
> other
> necessities. We need your support to ensure that in these troubled  
> economic
> times, all women and families can access the resources and support  
> they need
> to do what's best for their babies.
>
> Demonstrate your support for breastfeeding by signing the petition  
> now. And
> please don't forget to forward this message far and wide so as many  
> people as
> possible get a chance to sign on too. Every signature counts. Sign  
> on here:
> www.usbreastfeeding.org/obamapetition
>
> Thank you!
>
>
>
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