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It’s been clear for some time that the Pentagon would push for a small withdrawal starting in July, despite President Obama’s pledge that the withdrawal will be significant. The Wall Street [...]

“Unbelievable.” That’s how a retired army colonel described a new report that details rising catastrophic injuries to US troops. General Petraeus may have just testified to Congress that [...]

At their winter meeting in DC, the Democratic National Committee gave Obama a major push on Afghanistan by passing a resolution calling for a “swift” withdrawal, including a “significant and [...]

THANK YOU to the thousands of you who have already called the White House, and my heartfelt apologies if you had trouble with our toll-free number. Today peace groups across the country are [...]

The Washington Post is reporting today on two classified cables from the US Ambassador to Afghanistan to Washington, expressing deep concerns about a possible escalation of troops. The cables [...]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh_sxilhyV0] Rep. Barbara Lee’s speech in 2001 before voting against the use of force resolution for Afghanistan. Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) was the [...]

Since the leaking of the McCrystal memo and the President’s professed skepticism of certain aspects of Afghanistan policy, the public has witnessed a media blitz from both sides of the [...]

President Obama is “skeptical” about the need for more troops in Afghanistan.  General McChrystal says we must send more of our young men and women to Afghanistan or risk “mission failure.” We [...]

As the nation’s largest peace organization, of course we commented on the announced agreements between Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev.   Kevin Martin, the group’s executive director, [...]

I’m posting this from the hearing room…Paul You can view the protest on C-SPAN. Protest starts at 32:11 and ends at around 34:40 [...]