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This week, the Senate is planning to vote on the international affairs budget—money for everything from nuclear nonproliferation to vaccinations to conflict prevention to feeding the poor. Some [...]

In the next few weeks, the deficit “super committee” will develop a deficit reduction plan that could set the direction of the federal budget for the next decade. There are 12 people in the room [...]

Last month, we asked you to demonstrate your support for the international affairs budget by pitching in to fund Oxfam America’s work to deal with the food crisis in East Africa. Together, along [...]

A few months ago, I wrote about how the House of Representatives eviscerated the foreign affairs budget in the 2012 budget process. Throughout the summer, we mobilized to pressure the Senate to [...]

Today, Reuters reports that diplomacy and development programs face a “death of 1,000 cuts” in Congress: House Republicans have proposed whacking another $8.6 billion from the budget for the [...]

                    With the super committee in place with a mandate to come up with more than a trillion dollars in deficit reduction, and the [...]

I am feeling inspired by a great call last night with Rep. Barbara Lee and Shannon Scribner of Oxfam America. Now it’s time to act. The House slashed billions of dollars from the 2012 [...]

Last week, the House State and Foreign Operations Committee approved an international affairs budget that endangers critical global diplomatic and development initiatives:   The [...]

After seeing the destruction and devastation caused by the war in Afghanistan, and hearing countless stories of corruption amongst Afghan officials and private contractors, a lot of people want [...]

While the US continues wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya, the Obama administration has also quietly ramped up military action in Yemen. In an attempt to take advantage of unrest in the [...]