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If at first you don’t succeed… …try, try again to start an unnecessary and costly war. That seems to be the thinking of some hawkish members of Congress who never met a war they didn’t [...]

The run-up to war doesn’t happen overnight. It’s made up of small steps to slowly build acceptance for the idea of military action. A group of senators have introduced just such a bill that urges [...]

I have an op-ed in the paper today expanding on the problems with new legislation that is pushing the US toward war with Iran. I was in Iran in 2009 when a family invited me into their home for [...]

On the rollercoaster ride that is relations between the US and Iran, we are once again at a high point of tension. Unfortunately, many members of Congress are following their typical approach of [...]

In Republicans’ deficit-cutting hysteria, one area that has been targeted for major cuts is the foreign affairs budget, which funds critical diplomacy and development programs. The longer we let [...]