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Human rights supporters have reason to celebrate with the announcement that the Convention on Cluster Munitions was approved this week in Dublin by 111 nations, banning cluster bomb production [...]

I continued my tour of western states congressional districts last week with a visit to Bellevue, WA in the 8th congressional district. The 8th congressional district race between incumbent Rep. [...]

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Those who died in  Iraq from May 18 to 25: Pvt Branden Haunert  21  Blue Ash OH Pvt Howard Jones  35  Chicago IL Pvt Kyle Norris  22  Zanesville OH Sgt Blake Evans  24  Rockford IL Sgt Frank [...]

Those who died in Iraq from May 10 to 17: Cpl Jessica Ellis  24  Bend OR Sgt Victor Cota  33  Tucson AZ Sgt John  Daggett  21  Phoenix AZ 16 were seriously wounded. 39 wounded were returned to [...]

Most of us look at the war on Iraq as an appalling drain on the economy, but an article yesterday in USA Today reminds us that, for some companies, it means an expanded market. One aspect not [...]

The House of Representatives is voting this afternoon or evening on nuclear weapons funding. Unfortunately, Rep. Pearce of New Mexico has introduced an amendment that would actually restore $10 [...]

1. Last week came tragic news of an Iraqi blogger’s death. A dear friend of his made a final post to his blog, letting readers know. BlogIraq is dead, May 16th, 2008 Yes. Ahmed (BlogIraq) [...]

Unbelievably, the US is detaining and interrogating Iraqi children as young as 10, according to Human Rights Watch. Reuters reports: Human Rights Watch said U.S. military authorities were holding [...]

We had an amazing turnout for our campaign to stop the House from authorizing another $162.6 billion for the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan. Our calls commanded action in Congress last week [...]