Archive for February 1st, 2010

ADMINISTRATION BUDGET PLAN CONTRADICTS OBAMA PLEDGE

February 1st, 2010 by TVC Administrator from Press Room

Billions to be spent on new nuclear weapons production facilities


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Responding to Republican Diggs Brown: A smart, realistic foreign policy

February 1st, 2010 by Rebecca Griffin from Groundswell Blog, from Peace Action West » Nuclear Weapons

I always appreciate a chance to increase public debate, so I was pleased to discover (via a post on our Facebook fanpage) that Republican candidate Diggs Brown decided to post his response to our candidate questionnaire publicly. He is running in the Republican primary for the 4th congressional district of Colorado, a seat once held by the notorious right-winger Marilyn Musgrave, now held by Democrat Betsy Markey.

We sent him a questionnaire as part of our work to promote a foreign policy based on eliminating nuclear weapons, protecting human rights, and resolving conflicts with diplomacy. Each election year, our PAC endorses candidates who will promote that agenda in Congress. When we are interested in a race, I send questionnaires to all candidates involved to give each person an opportunity to share his or her views on our priority issues so we can weigh them in our endorsement decision.


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