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Governments built fallout shelters during the Cold War to “protect” people from the effects of all out nuclear war. Maybe they’ll pass out free sunscreen now that a new scientific report shows [...]

On Sunday the kind folks at ThinkProgress.org caught Sen. McCain repeating the exact same mistake he made last week, when he insisted that Muqtada al-Sadr called for the recent ceasefire in Iraq, [...]

First it was Bush. Then Cheney. Then on Sunday’s interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” CIA Director Michael V. Hayden became the next ranking Bush administration official to contradict the [...]

In yet another stunning twist of the facts, Sen. John McCain asserted that Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr asked for the ceasefire that has momentarily calmed the vicious battle between Iraqi [...]

In this important election year, we’re asking Rep. Pelosi to push for more votes in the House on the war in Iraq to put members of Congress on record. On Tuesday, Peace Action West and other [...]

In a meeting with Rep. Tauscher’s staff on Monday, we were glad to hear that the House Armed Services Committee on which the representative sits may give little or no funding to the Reliable [...]

Peace Action West has been working with groups like Tri-Valley CAREs and Western States Legal Foundation to turn the public out to the hearings on Complex Transformation, a plan by the Bush [...]

Admiral William “Fox” Fallon, the top U.S. military commander for the Middle East, announced last Tuesday that he will retire at the end of March. His announcement came on the heels of an Esquire [...]

Why the DOE is holding hearings The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is a semi-autonomous agency within the Department of Energy (DOE). The DOE is holding 20 hearings across the [...]

The International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) latest report on Iran has mixed findings. In many instances, the report shows that Iran has become more transparent, working to clarify most of the [...]