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Second-term Reps. Gerald Connolly (D-VA) and Leonard Lance (R-NJ) banded together to send an important message to new incoming members of the House: support the foreign affairs budget: We must [...]

It’s hypocrisy at its worst. House Republicans are pushing a budget resolution for 2011 to slash $100 billion for domestic spending while letting the bloated Pentagon budget grow. [...]

The Republican House leadership took a meat cleaver to the continuing resolution that would fund the government through the rest of the 2011 fiscal year (ending October 1st). The Republicans on [...]

This is incredible. At around 6:15PM in Cairo, (this morning for us) Hosni Mubarak ended his 30 year reign as President of Egypt. Honestly, it’s incredible to be able to watch this unfold [...]

In Republicans’ deficit-cutting hysteria, one area that has been targeted for major cuts is the foreign affairs budget, which funds critical diplomacy and development programs. The longer we let [...]

As history unfolds in Egypt, I am in awe of the courage of ordinary citizens as they express their hopes for their country. The situation is very fluid, and it’s unclear if Egypt’s [...]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySvt8CIucZ0] This week, Republicans put forward a resolution to reduce all nonmilitary spending to fiscal year 2008 levels as part of their crusade against [...]

Today, General David Petraeus published a letter to the troops in Afghanistan about what’s ahead in the coming year. He praised their efforts and let them know to expect “much hard work” in 2011 [...]

Today, Peace Action West is joining a group of leading experts, diplomats and organizations in calling for the Obama administration to reinvigorate diplomacy with Iran. From the National Iranian [...]

Our political team spent a couple of days last week making the rounds of key congressional offices to strategize, feel out the new political landscape, and push for action on ending the war in [...]