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By now, it’s old news that the Pentagon used its influence to get military experts to parrot its talking points on the major news networks, as the New York Times reported Sunday.  I wish I [...]

Viewers waking up to Good Morning America recently heard Hillary Clinton say: "In the next 10 years, during which they might foolishly consider launching an attack on Israel, we would be [...]

Last week, we combined our efforts with the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability’s DC Days for a marathon of lobbying on nuclear weapons, the war in Iraq, diplomacy with Iran, and the US-India [...]

As Sadr City other Iraqi neighborhoods are rocked by airstrikes and sniper fire, President Bush announced he’ll end his presidency with an troop presence just as large as it’s been for most of [...]

Today’s New York Times has an article about McCain’s foreign policy brain trust that is definitely worth a read. The dramatic narrative is framed as a contest between realists and [...]

Day one of the Petraeus and Crocker hearings before the Senate brought few surprises from the two star witnesses.  General Petraeus indicated that the American people shouldn’t hold their [...]

It’s shaping up to be a big week for Iraq policy debate in the nation’s capital. The Senate Arms Services Committee kicks off testimony from General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker. [...]

This week, former Clinton Defense Secretary William Perry and former Reagan Secretary of State George Shultz came to the Bay Area to talk about their effort to push for U.S. leadership towards [...]

One of the points Peace Action West has been emphasizing in our work to end the war in Iraq is the need for a political and diplomatic solution to the conflict in Iraq rather than repetition of a [...]

The fifth anniversary of the war in Iraq and the 4,000th US soldier death have elicited a string of outrageous comments from Vice President Dick Cheney that clearly illustrate how the major [...]