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Tell the Senate no more money for war
After dealing with the fallout from opponents of the war in Iraq over passing an unrestricted funding bill this spring, the Democratic leadership in Congress took a tougher stance on the second [...]
Nearing victory on RRW
Congress has been struggling the past few weeks to come up with a budget for 2008 that won’t fall victim to President Bush’s veto pen. Having only passed the Defense spending bill, Congress [...]
What diplomacy with Iran looks like
With the new National Intelligence Estimate reaffirming that Iran does not pose an imminent threat to the US, we have an opportunity to focus on a critical question: what does effective diplomacy [...]
Conservatives push back against the NIE on Iran
As the Bush administration has never had a reality-based foreign policy, it is disappointing though not surprising that they feel vindicated in their misguided Iran policy. Despite the fact [...]
US says Iran stopped nuclear weapons program
Many activists and analysts have been pushing for the release of a new National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran. The NIE is the consensus of the US intelligence community and can help put the [...]
Rep. Mark Udall (D-CO): “some kind of residual force”
Rep. Mark Udall (D-CO) was in San Francisco last week to raise money for his bid for Colorado’s open Senate seat at a party hosted by Drinking Liberally. Udall became a target for Peace [...]
Murtha and Webb return from Iraq with different views on the “surge”
Recent claims that the Bush administration’s “surge” strategy is working in Iraq have bolstered some proponents of the Iraq war and created additional challenges for members of Congress working [...]
CNN forces “diamonds or pearls” question over Iraq and nuclear waste
Maria Luisa Parra-Sandoval, a political science student at the University of Nevada, has been skewered in the media and on the internet for asking Hillary Clinton the superficial question, “do [...]
Democrats address Nevadans’ concerns about Iraq and Iran
We have been saying over and over again that the 2008 presidential election is a critical turning point for US foreign policy, and that the US’s interaction with the rest of the world is more [...]
