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Today, we joined our friends at Oregon PSR on a piece in The Oregonian on how Congress’s actions on Iran are making it easier to go to war. Last week marked one decade since the invasion of [...]

Today, for the first time, the Senate took a roll call vote in favor of bringing our troops home from Afghanistan. This morning, Senator Merkley’s amendment to bring our troops home from [...]

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) is offering an amendment to end the war in Afghanistan, and the Senate could vote very soon. Please call your senators now and tell them to vote YES on Sen. Merkley’s [...]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ7BK7hVb-w&feature=player_embedded] Last week, two dozen senators led by Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Max Baucus (D-MT) sent a letter to President Obama [...]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Q9LdLN42WJ4] The Senate spent much of this week debating the 2012 Defense Authorization bill, plowing through a slew of [...]

Earlier today, the US Senate passed Sen. Jeff Merkley’s amendment requiring a plan for an accelerated withdrawal from Afghanistan by a voice vote. No matter how loudly Sen. John McCain [...]

The last week in June, Peace Action West joined with groups around Oregon to present two wonderful speakers on Afghanistan: Matthew Hoh, Director of the Afghanistan Study Group and former Marine [...]

With President Obama’s announcement on July withdrawal reportedly coming as soon as next week, a bipartisan group of senators sent a letter to the president urging a significant drawdown. Nearly [...]

I mentioned on the blog last week that April 12th was a Global Day of Action on Military Spending. People around the world planned local actions to highlight the exorbitant amount of global [...]

As many Americans scramble to file their taxes at the last minute today, it is a useful time to reflect on how those tax dollars are being spent and whether the government’s budget reflects our [...]