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We’ll hit 10 years of war in Afghanistan on October 7th. Think about it. What does it really mean to spend an entire decade at war? A generation of American kids is too young to remember a [...]

Today, Reuters reports that diplomacy and development programs face a “death of 1,000 cuts” in Congress: House Republicans have proposed whacking another $8.6 billion from the budget for the [...]

                    With the super committee in place with a mandate to come up with more than a trillion dollars in deficit reduction, and the [...]

I am feeling inspired by a great call last night with Rep. Barbara Lee and Shannon Scribner of Oxfam America. Now it’s time to act. The House slashed billions of dollars from the 2012 [...]

“Dammit, make a decision.” These are the words new Defense Secretary Panetta had for the Iraqi government, pushing them to decide whether to keep American troops in Iraq beyond the December 31, [...]

Last week, the House State and Foreign Operations Committee approved an international affairs budget that endangers critical global diplomatic and development initiatives:   The [...]

There has been troubling talk within the Obama administration about the possibility of keeping troops in Iraq beyond the December 31, 2011, deadline (with some in the administration practically [...]

One of the misguided reasons people criticize spending on foreign aid is that we need to spend money to create jobs and improve the quality of life here at home. While direct spending on those [...]

This year, Republicans have taken the lead in slashing funds for critical international diplomacy and development programs in next year’s budget under the guise of helping reduce the deficit. [...]

Last week, the House of Representatives passed the Pentagon’s gargantuan $649 billion budget, at a time when other departments are facing draconian cuts. Many representatives used the bill as an [...]