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Every year, on August 6th and 9th, thousands of people around the world gather for solemn commemorations of the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But remembrance is more than [...]

Thanks to your help, we flooded Congress with opposition to the F-22 fighter jet, and both the House and Senate voted to cut wasteful funding for planes even the Pentagon doesn’t want [...]

Please join me this Sunday to hear about my recent grassroots diplomacy trip to Iran and how together we can use what I’ve learned to build support for diplomacy and pressure Congress to [...]

When releasing his new plan for Afghanistan and Pakistan, President Obama promised a “civilian surge” to complement the increase in troops. While the rhetoric is certainly appealing, [...]

The latest installment of Rethink Afghanistan from Brave New Films takes on the misconception that the US military presence is advancing the cause of women’s rights in Afghanistan. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]