Caroline Kennedy asked about existing cases at confirmation hearing
September 19, 2013
Senator Benjamin L. Cardin raised the issue of open unresolved child abduction cases with Caroline Kennedy at her confirmation hearings earlier today. His question starts at 1:06:40 in the following video of the hearings:
http://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/nomination-09-19-2013
More details regarding Caroline Kennedy’s confirmation hearings
September 16, 2013
Hearings to confirm Caroline Kennedy as ambassador to Japan will be held this coming Thursday, September 19 by the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The following is a link to the committee website, and below is also a listing of the members of the committee.
Please contact committee members and request them to ask Caroline Kennedy what actions she will take to help American parents whose children have been abducted to or retained in Japan, and who are being denied meaningful access to their children as is legally required under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which Japan has ratified in its entirety.
http://www.foreign.senate.gov/
Robert Menendez
Chairman
Bob Corker
Ranking Member
We received the following request from Jeffery Morehouse of BacHome. Please send these messages to your senators if you are a resident of Maryland, Florida, California, or Arizona, and please contact others who may be able to help.
We need your help. Caroline Kennedy will have a confirmation hearing on Thursday to become the next U.S. Ambassador to Japan. We are working to get a specific question asked at the hearing regarding public action toward the return of kidnapped U.S. children. Getting this addressed at the hearing, I believe, will raise the attention level and have benefit for Parents of Internationally Kidnapped Children from all countries to and within Japan.
Senators Cardin (MD), Rubio (FL), Boxer (CA) and McCain (AZ) are expected to be there. They need to hear from their constituents.
1) If you are voter in one of those states, contact the staff person as noted in the templates below.
2) Contact your friends, family and supporters in these states and ask them to send an email to the senator’s office using the info below. Inspire them to do the same reach out to their network of friends.
A few minutes of your time can make a real difference in this!
Best regards,
Jeffery Morehouse
KENNEDY CONFIRMATION HEARING EMAIL TEMPLATES
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MARYLAND RESIDENTS
Contact person at Senator Cardin’s office: Algene Sajery
email address: Algene_Sajery@cardin.senate.gov
EMAIL SUBJECT- ACTION- Kidnappings to Japan & Kennedy Confirmation Hearing
Dear Algene,
I am a registered voter in Maryland. My friend’s child was kidnapped to Japan.
Last year Senator Cardin co-sponsored and helped pass S. Res. 543 on International Parental Child Abduction. Japan is specified by name three times for these ongoing abductions, which was more than any other country.
At Thursday’s confirmation hearing, I’d like to know what public efforts would an Ambassador Kennedy make to secure the return of the nearly 400 U.S. children abducted by a parent to Japan since 1994?
Sincerely,
[Your Name]
[City, State]
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FLORIDA RESIDENTS
Contact person at Senator Rubio’s office: Victor Cervino
email address: Victor_Cervino@rubio.senate.gov
EMAIL SUBJECT- ACTION- Kidnappings to Japan & Kennedy Confirmation Hearing
Dear Victor,
I am a registered voter in Florida. My friend’s child was kidnapped to Japan.
Last year Senator Rubio co-sponsored and helped pass S. Res. 543 on International Parental Child Abduction. Japan is specified by name three times for these ongoing abductions, which was more than any other country.
At Thursday’s confirmation hearing, I’d like to know what public efforts would an Ambassador Kennedy make to secure the return of the nearly 400 U.S. children abducted by a parent to Japan since 1994?
Sincerely,
[Your Name]
[City, State]
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CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS
Contact person at Senator Boxer’s office: Ariana Reks
email address: ariana_reks@boxer.senate.gov
EMAIL SUBJECT- ACTION- Kidnappings to Japan & Kennedy Confirmation Hearing
Dear Ariana,
I am a registered voter in California. My friend’s child was kidnapped to Japan.
Last year Senator Boxer sponsored and helped pass S. Res. 543 on International Parental Child Abduction. Japan is specified by name three times for these ongoing abductions, which was more than any other country.
At Thursday’s confirmation hearing, I’d like to know what public efforts would an Ambassador Kennedy make to secure the return of the nearly 400 U.S. children abducted by a parent to Japan since 1994?
Sincerely,
[Your Name]
[City, State]
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ARIZONA RESIDENTS
Contact person at Senator McCain’s office: Elizabeth Lopez
email address: elizabeth_lopez@mccain.senate.gov
EMAIL SUBJECT- ACTION- Kidnappings to Japan & Kennedy Confirmation Hearing
Dear Elizabeth,
I am a registered voter in Arizona. My friend’s child was kidnapped to Japan.
Last year the Senate passed S. Res. 543 on International Parental Child Abduction by unanimous consent. Japan is specified by name three times for these ongoing abductions, which was more than any other country.
At Thursday’s confirmation hearing, I’d like to know what public efforts would an Ambassador Kennedy make to secure the return of the nearly 400 U.S. children abducted by a parent to Japan since 1994?
Sincerely,
[Your Name]
[City, State]
Children's Rights Council of Japan (Japan child abduction) 