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  • LARGEST U.S. PEACE GROUP RESPONDS TO PRESIDENT OBAMA’S SURPRISE VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN

    Availability for interviews this evening after the President’s 7:30 (EDT) speech

    Peace Action, the country’s largest peace organization, released the statement below this afternoon upon hearing of President Barack Obama’s surprise visit to Afghanistan to sign a “strategic partnership agreement” with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Also, Executive Director Kevin Martin and Field Director Judith Le Blanc will be available for comment after the speech this evening, and will also post a response to the president on Peace Action’s blog at http://peaceblog.wordpress.com

  • Voters Disappointed with Obama Afghanistan Drawdown

    Washington, DC — June 22, 2011 — President Obama’s announcement this evening of a limited troop withdrawal from Afghanistan — America’s longest war — is bound to disappoint Members of Congress and an electorate tired of the conflict.

    As has been reported, senior White House officials confirmed that the President plans to remove 10,000 troops by the end of this year and another 23,000 troops by September 2012.

  • 27 Senators and Generals Urge Large Afghanistan Troop Withdrawal

    For Immediate Release:  June 15, 2011

    Washington, DC — June 15, 2011 — A bipartisan group of 27 U.S. Senators sent a letter today to President Obama asking for a “sizable and sustained reduction of U.S. military forces in Afghanistan, beginning in July 2011.” 

  • Congress Signals Afghanistan Exit

    Washington, DC — May 26, 2011 — The House of Representatives voted today on various amendments to the 2011 National Defense Authorization Act that gave the strongest signal yet that Representatives want an end to the Afghanistan war.

  • Congress's Budget-Cutting Rhetoric Doesn't Match Votes on Pentagon Spending

    Washington, DC – April 19, 2011 – While lawmakers talk about cutting spending, the record shows that they have failed to make real cuts within the federal government's biggest ticket discretionary spending area. That's military spending, including the costly wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. This is according to a peace and security performance report on the 2010 session of the 111th Congress, released jointly by Peace Action, the nation's largest foreign policy advocacy group, and its largest affiliate, Peace Action West. 



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