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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Q9LdLN42WJ4] The Senate spent much of this week debating the 2012 Defense Authorization bill, plowing through a slew of [...]

Earlier today, the US Senate passed Sen. Jeff Merkley’s amendment requiring a plan for an accelerated withdrawal from Afghanistan by a voice vote. No matter how loudly Sen. John McCain [...]

Thank you to all of you who took action last week urging your senators to cosponsor the Merkley amendment for a quicker withdrawal from Afghanistan. The Senate is back in session this week, and [...]

Can you imagine US troops on the ground in Afghanistan in 2024? That’s what’s on the table right now in discussions between the US and Afghan governments. Now is the time to send a message to the [...]

John Bolton and his UN-hating friends must be celebrating right now. Earlier this month when the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) voted overwhelmingly to [...]

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I’m going to say that now would be a good time to engage in serious diplomacy with Iran. A new report from the IAEA has reinvigorated calls for harsh [...]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=o-xM16pBv4w] Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, John Bolton and the rest of the UN-hating set must be popping open bottles of champagne. [...]

This week, the Senate is planning to vote on the international affairs budget—money for everything from nuclear nonproliferation to vaccinations to conflict prevention to feeding the poor. Some [...]

With hawks pushing for maximum military spending and the war in Afghanistan raging, we urgently need voices for peace in Congress. In the November 8th special primary election, you have an [...]

I don’t know about you, but I don’t want the U.S. selling arms to countries that turn around and use those arms against their own people. Despite the wakeup call of the Arab Spring, [...]