By Rebecca Griffin on Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:06:26
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 operations in Afghanistan in mid-2013, rather than sometime in 2014 as they had implied earlier. There has been much discussion about the political nature Read More
By Rebecca Griffin on Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:44:38
After last night’s special election in Oregon’s first district, we have a new ally in Congress. Congratulations to Rep.-elect Bonamici and all the people who worked so hard on her campaign, and thank you to all of you who donated and cast your votes to help her win. Rep. Bonamici will become the only woman Read More
By Rebecca Griffin on Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:41:58
Tomorrow, voters in Oregons first district will vote in a special election to decide who will fight for their priorities in Washington, DC. In 2012 we will see major fights in Congress to roll back wasteful military spending and fund needs in our communities. Please donate to Suzanne Bonamicis campaign so she can carry that Read More
By Reva Patwardhan on Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:18:23
Yesterday the Pentagon described their plans to grow defense spending over the next five years, (see the Pentagon’s factsheet here) but ingeniously packaged that growth as “cuts.” In fact, the only year that sees a drop in spending is 2013, with a baseline number of $525 billion, $6 billion less than 2012. On top of that Read More
By Reva Patwardhan on Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:53:58
The LA Times ran a great OpEd yesterday highlighting that, as much as the Pentagon would like to convince you otherwise, assessing “progress” in Afghanistan is up to interpretation — kind of like reading tea leaves. For instance, on the “success” of driving the Taliban out of Kandahar: “Yes, we’ve made gains against the Taliban around Read More
