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“If you like Iraq and Afghanistan, you’ll love Iran.” That’s what General Anthony Zinni says about bombing Iran. So why is Congress pushing us closer to military confrontation? Click here to tell [...]

The war drums are beating again. Republican presidential candidates are tripping over each other to be the toughest on Iran.  A group of senators has introduced a new bill that could put the US [...]

Earlier this month, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta revealed that the US plans to end combat operations in Afghanistan in 2013, far ahead of schedule.  The New York Times called it a “a major [...]

All Americans have the right to hear the truth from our government and military leaders so we can make informed decisions about whether to invest lives and tax dollars in military entanglements. [...]

In a pleasant departure from his hyperbolic defense of high levels of military spending. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced this week that the US and NATO are hoping to end “combat [...]

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 [...]

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I’m going to say that now would be a good time to engage in serious diplomacy with Iran. A new report from the IAEA has reinvigorated calls for harsh [...]

In more than eight years of persistent and inspiring activism, you never lost sight of our goal: to bring every last American soldier home from Iraq. Today, it was gratifying to hear President [...]

Two new documentaries that offer important insight into the experience of soldiers in Afghanistan are making the rounds. “Where Soldiers Come From” tells the story of childhood [...]

To mark the 10th anniversary of the war in Afghanistan, we have been collecting photo stories from around the country showing how people’s lives have changed over the decade the US has been at [...]