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This article is co-authored by Alexandra Bell, Research Associate, Ploughshares Fund. A coalition of citizens groups and progressive House Members just saved the American taxpayers a whole lot of [...]

EurasiaNet, NY Aunohita Mojumdar 2/10/09 Just as the United States is preparing for a massive reinforcement of its troops in Afghanistan, so too is the United Nations calling for a surge in [...]

National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Funding in Recent Economic Stimulus Legislation In September 2008 Sens. Reid and Byrd introduced a stimulus package, S.3604, which was defeated [...]

From:  Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, Peace Action, & Other Groups Re: Oppose $1 billion for NNSA in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act February 11, 2009 Dear Conferees, We support [...]

Those who died in Iraq from Feb 1 to 7: Spc Darrell Fernandez  25  Truth or Consequences NM Spc Christopher Sweet  28  Kahului HI 5 were seriously wounded. 21 were returned to occupation. 56 [...]

Those who died in Iraq from Jan 25 to 31: Roberto Andrade Jr  26  Chi8cago IL CWO Benjamin Todd  29  Colville WA CWO Joshua Tillery  31  Beaverton OR CWO Matthew Kelley  30  Cameron MO CWO Philip [...]

Symbolic gesture gives assurances that US does not want to topple Islamic regime By Robert Tait and Ewen MacAskill in Washington [...]

http://www.truthout.org/012809M Wednesday 28 January 2009 by: J. Sri Raman, t r u t h o u t | Perspective What should the world expect from the new US president on the nuclear front? The question [...]

By MARK LANDLER WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton suggested on Tuesday that there could be high-level direct negotiations with North Korea, and offered the view that American [...]

from Time Magazine – Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009 By Mark Thompson / Washington Last year the Pentagon paid the Raytheon Corp., its fifth largest contractor, a cool $10 billion for its missiles, [...]