The US is (mostly) pulling back from bases in Iraqi cities in accordance with the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) signed last year by Iraq’s government and the Bush Administration. While [...]
As you’ve read here before, we’ve been mobilizing our members to help gain cosponsors for Rep. McGovern’s bill calling for an exit strategy from Afghanistan. This is one of the first legislative [...]
Who wouldn’t be interested in a campaign to stop the spread of nuclear weapons? Non-proliferation has always just seemed like a given to me. Still, I was never really informed about the various [...]
Flickr photo via Rob Shenk. More fighter jets. President Obama hasn’t asked for them, Defense Secretary Gates doesn’t want them, but our representatives in Congress are planning to waste money on [...]
We have a chance to win on two issues in the next few days: 1. Cut the funding for the outdated F-22 Jet, which both Pres. Obama and Def. Sec. gates want cut. 2. Get an exit strategy from the [...]
Our friends at Brave New Foundation have just released the latest part of their documentary Rethink Afghanistan. This segment offers a heartbreaking look at the civilian casualties caused by the [...]
Here is another update on the situation in Tehran from my contact there, whom I quoted earlier this week: It’s 1:00 am I am just coming from outside. The streets was full of people. (only [...]
Since I returned from Iran, I have done a number of media appearances talking about my trip, the Iranian election, and the need for diplomacy with Iran as opposed to sanctions and other harsh [...]
Currently, the Obama administration is conducting a Nuclear Posture Review (NPR). It will serve to “to establish U.S. nuclear deterrence policy, strategy, and posture for the next five to [...]
The U.S. House of Representatives is on the verge of voting on the final war supplemental! They have passed the rule, but it doesn’t look like they have the votes yet to pass the [...]