An Obama Presidency?

We all appreciate your call for change. We couldn't agree with you more.

We all have hope and we demand action. We're running two letters to President Obama:

To remove all U.S. troops and contractors from Iraq; and,

Pledge to work for a nuclear weapons free world.

Afghanistan May Become Obama's war
Col. Dan Smith, USA (Ret.) - Friends Committee on National Legislation - December 10, 2008It seems as though every newspaper and magazine that comes out or is posted on the Internet features depressing news.

A New Old Nuclear Arsenal
By Michael O'Hanlon - Washington Post - December 25, 2008
For all their agreement on matters such as Afghanistan and defense spending, President-elect Barack Obama and Defense Secretary Robert Gates are on record disagreeing over a central matter for U.S. security: the future of nuclear weapons.

Statements By Obama, Gates On Nuclear Weapons Differ
The Situation Room - CNN - December 10, 2008

Left angered by Obama pullout plan
Christina Bellantoni - Washington Times - December 2, 2008
Antiwar groups annoyed by flexibility in president-elect's pledge..."There's a lot of disappointment on the part of the peace movement," said Barbra Bearden, spokeswoman for the national group Peace Action, which has started a "No soldier left behind" program to pressure Mr. Obama to fully remove troops.

Clinton to accept offer of secretary of state job
Ewen MacAskill in Washington - The Guardian - Tuesday November 18 2008
Jonathan Freedland on the pros and cons of Hillary Clinton becoming US secretary of state.

Why Obama Will Continue Star Wars
By Mark Thompson / Washington Time Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008
Missile-defense skeptics yearning for a fresh look at the wisdom of pumping $10 billion annually into missile defense aren't going to get it from Barack Obama when he moves into the Oval Office.

Obama's Cabinet: Treasury, State, Defense
A look inside of the Obama's potential cabinet picks.

Gibbs will be White House press secretary
Politico - Mike Allen - November 6
Robert Gibbs, a top aide to Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) on his campaign and in his Senate office, will be named the White House press secretary, a top Democratic official said.

Pentagon Expects Cuts in Military Spending
By THOM SHANKER and CHRISTOPHER DREW
WASHINGTON — After years of unfettered growth in military budgets, Defense Department planners, top commanders and weapons manufacturers now say they are almost certain that the financial meltdown will have a serious impact on future Pentagon spending.

Top Obama Advisor Has Long Ties to Neocons
Michael Flynn, Inter Press Service, Nov 2
Dennis Ross, Bill Clinton's Mideast envoy whose record includes supporting the pro-Iraq War advocacy campaigns of the Project for the New American Century and serving as a consultant to the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP), a bastion of Israel-centric policy thinking in Washington.

Obama's Potential Cabinet: Will he paint the White House Green?
With Obama in the White House will the Department of the Interior be stacked with big oil cronies or alternative energy guru's? The choices Obama makes for his cabinet will have a profound impact on his Presidency.