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It’s make or break time for diplomacy with Iran. Next month, Presidents Barack Obama and Hassan Rouhani will be in the same place for the first time, attending the UN General Assembly in New [...]

What do Pat Buchanan, former Cent Comm commander General Jim Mattis, and Peace Action West have in common? We all know that we must seize the moment for diplomacy with Iran. Please call your [...]

With Hassan Rouhani’s inauguration as Iran’s new president coming up this week, we wanted to make the case that now is the time to pursue diplomacy with Iran. McClatchy published our [...]

Last week, the House of Representatives voted on the Pentagon’s bloated budget, which comes in at more than $50 billion above the caps required by sequestration. The bill was held up for a long [...]

It seems we have ruffled some feathers. We knew after our big victory for diplomacy with Iran last week, the hawks would get riled up.  It didn’t take long. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told a [...]

I wouldn’t mind living in a 19th century chateau in Belgium with my own personal chef. Alas, that is not the lifestyle of a peace activist. But it is the lifestyle of the top military brass, and [...]

This is unprecedented. Last week more than a quarter of the House of Representatives signed a letter to President Obama urging him to seize the opportunity for renewed diplomacy with newly [...]

This Thursday, you have the opportunity to hear from some great speakers about Pentagon spending and a new vision for job creation that doesn’t involve wasting money on weapons we [...]

  Reality seems to be setting in at the White House, with President Obama reportedly considering removing all troops from Afghanistan in 2014 rather than leaving a residual force. [...]

We can’t afford to continue business as usual. The newly elected President of Iran is sending positive signals that he wants to engage with the West.  When he comes into office next month, we’ll [...]