Ashton Carter
Secretary of Defense
1000 Defense Pentagon
Washington, DC 20301-1000
General Mark A. Milley
Army Chief of Staff
200 Army Pentagon
Washington, DC 20310-0200
Lieutenant General Todd T. Semonite
Commanding General and Chief of Engineers
Headquarters
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
441 G Street NW
Washington, DC 20314-1000
Dear Sirs,
As fellow Veterans and Service Members, we are deeply concerned with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) involvement in the Dakota Access Pipeline Project and its planned construction under the Missouri River. Not only does the proposed pipeline violate the 1851 and 1868 Fort Laramie Treaties with The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and the Oceti Sakowin (Great Sioux Nation) but it also contradicts the stated mission of the USACE, which outlines “environmental sustainability as a guiding principle”.
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