Actors Blair Underwood and Megalyn Echikunwoke will visit Norfolk and Virginia Beach over the weekend as they tour the state for a voter registration drive on behalf of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.

As the Monday deadline to register for the Nov. 4 general election approaches, the actors will swing through the state over the weekend, including stops Saturday at Old Dominion University's Webb Center at 3 p.m. and at Obama's campaign office in Virginia Beach (3613 Virginia Beach Blvd.) at 5 p.m.

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Actors visit Norfolk, Va. Beach for Obama BY MIKE HOLTZCLAW
| 757-928-6479 9:08 AM CDT, October 2, 2008
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War talk in Washington is alarming and unnecessary.

We are patriotic Americans who share the belief that Saddam Hussein cannot be allowed to possess weapons of mass destruction. We support rigorous United Nations weapons inspections to assure Iraq’s effective disarmament.

However, a preemptive military invasion of Iraq will harm American national interests . Such a war will increase human suffering, arouse animosity tow a rd our country, increase the likelihood of terrorist attacks, damage the economy, and undermine our moral standing in the world. It will make us less, not more, secure .

We reject the doctrine—a reversal of long-held American tradition—that our country, alone, has the right to launch first-strike attacks.

The valid U.S. and U.N. objective of disarming Saddam Hussein can be achieved through legal diplomatic means. There is no need for war. Let us instead devote our resources to i m p roving the security and well-being of people here at home and around the world.

Si g n e d , A rtists United to Win Without Wa r

Mike Farrell and Robert Greenwald, C o - C h a i r s - Gillian Anderson - Edward Asner - Rene Auberjonois - David Bale - Kim Basinger - Ed Begley, Jr. - Theo Bikel - Barbara Bosson - Jackson Browne - Peter Buck (REM) - Diahann Carroll - Eugene J. C a r r o l l , Jr., Rear Adm. U.S. Navy ( R e t . ) Kathleen Chalfant - Don Cheadle - Jill Clayburgh - David Clennon - Jack Coleman - Peter Coyote - Lindsay Crouse - Suzanne Cryer - Matt Damon - Dana Daurey - A m b a s s a d o r Jonathan Dean (U.S. Rep. to NATOWarsaw Pact) - Vincent D’Onofrio - David Duchovny - Olympia Dukakis - Charles S. Dutton - Hector Elizondo - Cary Elwes - Shelley Fabares - Mike Farrell - Mia Farrow - Laurence Fishburne - Sean Patrick Flanery - Bonnie Franklin - John Fugelsang - Jeananne Garafalo - Larry Gelbart - Melissa Gilbert - Danny Glover - Elliott Gould - Samaria Graham- Robert Greenwald - Robert Guillaume - Paul Haggis - Robert David Hall - Ethan Hawke - Ken Howard - Helen Hunt - Anjelica Huston - LaTanya Richardson J a c k s o n - Samuel L. Jackson - Jane Kaczmarek - Melina Kanakaredes - Casey Kasem - Mimi Kennedy - Jessica Lange - Tea Leoni - Wendie Malick - Camryn Manheim - Marsha Mason - Richard Masur - Dave Mathews - Kent McCord - Robert Duncan M c N e i l l - Mike Mills (REM) - Janel Moloney- Esai Morales - Ed O’Neill - Chris Noth - Peter Onorati - Alexandra Paul - Ambassador Edward Peck (former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq) - Seth Peterson CCH Pounder - David Rabe- Alan Rachins - Bonnie Raitt - Carl Reiner - Tim Robbins - Steve Robinson, Sgt., U.S. Army (Ret.) (National Gulf War Resource Center) - Mitch Ryan - Susan Sarandon - Tony Shalhoub - Jack Shanahan, Vice Adm. U.S. Navy ( R e t . ) - William Schallert - Martin Sheen - Armin Shimerman - Gloria Steinem - Marcia Strassman - Michael Stipe (REM) - Susan Sullivan - Loretta Swit - Studs Terkel - Lily Tomlin - Blair Underwood - Dennis Weaver - Bradley Whitford - James Whitmore - James Whitmore, Jr. - Alfre Woodard - Noah Wyle - Peter Yarrow - Howard Zinn

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