We encourage all citizens to take action now by expressing your views directly to your elected leaders, policymakers and appointed officials:

President Barack H. Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20500
Web Site: www.whitehouse.gov
Phone: (202) 456-1414
Fax: (202) 456-2461

Vice President Joseph R. Biden
Eisenhower Executive Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20501
Web Site: www.whitehouse.gov/vicepresident
Phone: (202) 456-7549
Fax: (202) 456-2461

First Lady Michelle Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20501
Web Site: www.whitehouse.gov/firstlady
Phone: (202) 456-7064

Congress
Write to your representative
You can find your senator’s or congressman’s names and Capitol Hill office address by going to the official congressional web sites, www.senate.gov and www.house.gov. You can also use these web sites to learn more about them and where they stand on the issues.

To call your member of Congress just phone the Capitol Hill switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask for your congressman or senators and you will be connected.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Michael Chertoff, Secretary
Washington, D.C., 20528
Phone: 202-282-8000
Web site: www.dhs.gov

U.S. Department of Defense
Dr. Robert M. Gates
Secretary of Defense
1000 Defense Pentagon
Washington, DC 20301-1000
703-428-0711
Web site:www.defenselink.mil

Other helpful links:

www.CIA.gov/cia/publications/factbook — information on every country in the world compiled by the Central Intelligence Agency

www.C-Span.org — bipartisan coverage of public affairs

www.FirstGov.gov — the U.S. government’s official information site

thomas.loc.gov — the Library of Congress web site with archives on federal legislation

http://justf.org/Country?country=Panama — US Aid to Panama