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The JASON Defense Advisory group recently issued a report saying that more work needs to be done on the Reliable Replacement Warhead in order to show that it is, in fact, reliable, short of [...]

I reported last week about the vote on the Lieberman-Kyl amendment, recommending that the US government designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization.  While [...]

The Senate voted this morning on the politically charged Lieberman-Kyl amendment about Iran’s alleged destabilizing presence in Iraq.  At a critical time when Congress should be [...]

Iran has been all over the news again this week.  It seems that much of the building tension around US relations with Iran exploded in outrage at President Ahmadinejad’s controversial visit [...]

The congressional strategy to end the occupation of Iraq seems to be changing daily, with calls for compromise one day and votes on tougher measures the next.  In our continued efforts to [...]

Slate magazine has put together a handy “Iraq Position Locator” on its website.  You can see the opinions of presidential candidates, politicians, pundits and reports, and how they have [...]

Today is the first Iraq Moratorium Day.  For my action, I mailed boxes that contained the names of 20,678 voters across the country who signed Peace Action West’s Iraq pledge to members of [...]

The Senate took up several Iraq votes this week, but was unable to pass anything that would change US strategy in Iraq.  The first attempt was on the Webb amendment I mentioned earlier in [...]

Congressional Quarterly (subscription only) is reporting that Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) will try to zero out funding for the Reliable Replacement Warhead program, a dangerous and unnecessary [...]

After spending last week listening to General Petraeus and President Bush make a case for their nominal withdrawal of US troops from Iraq, the Senate will start debating and voting on Iraq policy [...]