Thanks to you, the Senate calls for a faster withdrawal from Afghanistan!

Yesterday, the United States Senate joined the growing consensus of American people that believe it is time to end the war in Afghanistan. The Senate adopted the bipartisan Merkley amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 by voice vote, calling on the President to submit a plan for “expediting the drawdown of United States combat troops in Afghanistan.”

The adoption of the Merkley amendment marks a clear signal that the political pressure to end the war in Afghanistan is rapidly increasing. A previous amendment to require a plan to bring our troops home from Afghanistan garnered only 18 votes in 2010, and a bipartisan letter urging “sizable and sustained” drawdown of troops gained only 27 signatures earlier this year.

WAND appreciates all you’ve done over the years to call for an end to the war in Afghanistan. With recent polls showing a record high 63% of Americans are opposed to the war in Afghanistan, the Senate’s action shows that the voices of the American people are being heard.

Your voice continues to make all the difference! Let’s finish this together by bringing our troops home from Afghanistan and ending the longest war in our nation’s history.

Let’s capitalize on this momentum! It’s time to bring our war dollars home and reinvest it to rebuild the U.S. economy. Join us for a webinar by Chris Hellman of the National Priorities Project to learn how the Pentagon budget is affected by the Super Committee’s failure to find deficit reduction savings.  To RSVP, click here.