by admin | May 21, 2012 | Action Alerts, Legislative Working Group Posts
Last week for the first time, the majority of Democrats voted in favor of the Lee Amendment limiting funding for the Afghanistan War to the safe and orderly withdrawal of US troops and security contractors. (101 ayes, 79 Noes). This represents a sea-change of opinion...
by admin | May 15, 2012 | Action Alerts, Legislative Working Group Posts
As the 2013 National Defense Authorization Bill hits the House floor, the American people should be going through the roof! The FY 2013 military budget (NDAA) is up for a vote in the House this Friday. It contains more than $642 billion of taxpayer money to pay for a...
by admin | May 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
Counterterrorism adviser John Brennan spoke at the Woodrow Wilson International Center in Washington, D.C., on April 30 to mark the one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden. It was the first time a high-level member of the Obama administration spoke at...
by admin | May 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
The Phases of War: Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, and Israel by Phyllis Bennis, April 27, 2012 It certainly doesn’t look much like what we’re seeing in Afghanistan today. A feckless, corrupt, incompetent government kept alive and in place (we can’t really say “in...
by admin | May 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
Obama tells Robin Roberts in ABC News Exclusive Interview, “I think gay couples should be able to get married.” For more on this story, click here: http://bit.ly/LQ9lVE
