Arms Sales and Military Aid

Since taking office in January, President Obama has taken some important steps in reorienting US foreign policy, from agreeing to participate in group talks with Iran to giving a major speech [...]

On Wednesday, the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee passed the "Merida Initiative to Combat Illicit Narcotics and Reduce Organized? Crimes Authorization Act of 2008.” Also known as “Plan [...]

We have been working throughout 2007 and 2008 to raise awareness about the problems caused by cluster bombs—indiscriminate weapons that rain down “bomblets” that often don’t explode and turn into [...]

The past few years, we all have been actively opposing Bush’s failed strategy in Iraq and the underlying philosophy that blunt military force will solve our international problems.  Of [...]

Peace Action West has been working with a number of other organizations to ban cluster bombs, indiscriminate weapons that rain down “bomblets” on wide areas.  The bomblets often don’t [...]

Peace Action West has been working to generate support for the Cluster Munitions Civilian Protection Act, offered by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) in the Senate and Rep. James McGovern (D-MA) in [...]