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As the massive protests that started on Tuesday in Egypt unfold, there is talk that Egyptians may be on the verge of overthrowing their autocratic government, and possibly upsetting President [...]

Reposted from Congresswoman Barbara Lee’s website. January 6, 2011 Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-Oakland) issued the following statement in response to reports that [...]

Join Peace Action members from across the country for the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability’s 24th annual DC Days! The Alliance for Nuclear Accountability (ANA) will be bringing [...]

Check out this great post from Juan Cole: Top Ten Myths about Afghanistan, 2010. My personal favorite: # 9. Afghans want the US and NATO troops to stay in their country because they feel [...]

It turns out we’ve got something extra to celebrate this holiday season. And I want you to know how important you were in ratifying the first major disarmament treaty in decades, because [...]

As Josh Rogin writes in Foreign Policy this morning: Everyone here on Capitol Hill is beginning to see the ratification of New START as increasingly inevitable…. On Monday, Senator Brown [...]

This afternoon the Senate voted 66-32 to take up begin debating the New START Treaty on the floor! This is a major step toward getting a ratification vote before the end of the year. Nine [...]

We flipped two more! This morning both Republican Senators from Maine–Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins–issued statements announcing that they intend to vote for ratification of New [...]

Republican Senator John Kyl (R- AZ) laid his cards on the table regarding the START Treaty this week.  Republicans have been following his lead on the treaty, and he states he will continue to [...]

Who will triumph in one of the last big political battles of 2010? The Republicans, Democrats, security experts, military officials and 73% of the American public who support ratifying New START? [...]