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Pete Buttigieg earns endorsement from VoteVets PAC
By Priscilla Thompson, Josh Lederman and Vaughn Hillyard · NBC News ·BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg Wednesday received the endorsement of the progressive VoteVets PAC. “The number one priority has to be beating Donald Trump,” said Jon Soltz, chair of VoteVets.&n...
Buttigieg wins endorsement from VoteVets group
By Tal Axelrod · The Hill ·VoteVets, the nation’s largest political action committee that supports liberal veterans for public office, announced its presidential endorsement for South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg Wednesday. The endorsement, the ...
Pete Buttigieg Receives VoteVets’ First-Ever Presidential Primary Endorsement
By Hayley Miller · HuffPost ·The liberal veterans group said the South Bend, Indiana, mayor has “what it takes to beat Donald Trump.” VoteVets, a liberal political action committee that backs veterans running for office, announced their support for Pete...
George Soros and Charles Koch take on the 'endless wars'
By Bryan Bender · Politico ·Organizers are aiming to seize on what one considers a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” to galvanize growing support on the right and left for a less interventionist foreign policy. George Soros and Charles Koch don't agree...
After 2 Decades, Democrats Still Don’t Agree on When to Leave Afghanistan
By Dan Spinelli · Mother Jones ·But two veterans have promised to withdraw during their first year in office. Two Democratic candidates who served in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq made unambiguous pledges during this week’s debates: They promised to bring home...
The transpartisan revolt against America’s endless wars
By Katrina vanden Heuvel · Washington Post ·Last week, mostly lost amid the deafening din of President Trump’s serial outrages, the House of Representatives finally began asserting common sense and the congressional prerogative over war and peace. By passing a series of amen...
House Passes $733 Billion Defense Bill Checking Trump’s War Powers
By Catie Edmondson · New York Times ·WASHINGTON — The House gave final approval Friday to a defense bill that would put a liberal stamp on military policy by shackling President Trump’s ability to wage war in Iran and Yemen, restricting the use of military funds...
A Majority of Military Veterans Think the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq Were a Mistake
By Dan Spinelli · Mother Jones ·It’s not just a majority of Americans who think the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were a catastrophic mistake. Military veterans now increasingly say the Bush-era conflicts were not worth it, according to a Pew Research Ce...
Some members of Congress are finally realizing that authorizing wars without end is really bad
By Jeff Schogol · Task & Purpose ·A small group of lawmakers is arguing that President Donald Trump does not have the power to launch a new war against Iran without first getting permission from Congress. Chief among them is Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.), who was one of si...
Amy McGrath Opens Campaign to Oust Mitch McConnell in Kentucky
By Jennifer Steinhauer · New York Times ·WASHINGTON — Amy McGrath, a retired Marine lieutenant colonel and combat pilot whose star power in the Democratic Party in 2018 failed to capture her a House seat in Kentucky, announced Tuesday that she would seek to challenge Sena...