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by John Mariani / The Post-Standard

December 10, 2009, 12:14 PM

Jerry Lotierzo (right) co-chairman of Peace Action of Central New York, and board member Bill Cross (center) present a leaflet protesting U.S. military spending to Jamie White, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer's deputy regional director.

The Peace Action contingent, which also included activist Howie Hawkins, visited the Federal Building offices of Schumer, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and U.S. Rep. Dan Maffei (D-DeWitt) today in Syracuse to urge them to support Rep. Barney Frank's call to cut military spending by 25 percent. Congress has authorized a $680 billion defense budget for 2010.