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Action alert: we need your voice now

Congress needs to hear from you now. Today, the powerful American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has 10,000—yes,10,000—supporters on Capitol Hill pushing a hawkish, misinformed position on...

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Action alert: don’t believe the hype

The annual ritual of raising alarms and tearing out hair over the tiny size of the Pentagon budget has started again, but don’t believe the hype.  There’s still tons of money in the Pentagon budget,...

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Action alert: A raise for nukes?

Join the National Call-in Day Two new bills give Congress an opportunity to step up and make cuts to nuclear weapons. The president’s budget request for 2015 shows that his priorities are still...

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Action alert: we need the truth about drones

When the CIA says there aren’t that many civilians being killed in drone strikes, we should trust them—right? Wrong.We’ve seen far too many examples lately of the government not being straight with...

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Action alert: no more Pentagon slush fund

When we enter the 14th year of war in Afghanistan in October, how much will we spending to keep our troops there? We don’t know, and neither does Congress. The House is voting on the Pentagon budget...

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Action alert: wars are not gym memberships

Our longest war just got even longer.  President Obama just announced that the US will have boots on the ground in Afghanistan for another 2 ½ years. When Congress voted to authorize the war way back...

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Urgent: don’t bomb Iraq

John McCain is shaking his fist angrily and calling for military action. Lindsey Graham is invoking terrorist attacks and describing American air power as “the only option.” The president is huddled...

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Take Action to Blunt Boehner’s Bibi Stunt

As you’ve probably heard, Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin “Bibi” Netanyahu is scheduled to speak to a joint session of Congress in a couple of weeks.  In the next few days members of Congress will have...

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Stop “Veto-Iran-Diplomacy Bill”. Unilateralism on Steroids.

They are at it again. And I’ve got to admit this new strategy to torpedo diplomacy with Iran is ingenious. Iran hawks’ latest plan is to pass a bill – while diplomacy is still in process – that would...

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Action Alert: Call to Oppose the Corker Bill on Iran

Next week a bill that could thwart diplomacy with Iran could be voted on. [i] I’m sure you saw the big splash made by the Senate Republicans’ open letter to Iran. Papers across the U.S. condemned the...

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