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Happy Halloween! Tonight is the moment when we flirt with the scary and overindulge. If you’re a parent, the scariest moment of the evening will be when you reach the point of too much candy, too much costume makeup to remove, kids who are too tired and a school day coming too early tomorrow. Halloween is perhaps an aptly analogous day for the Congressional Budget Office to release its report, “Approaches for Managing the Costs of U.S. Nuclear Forces, 2017-2046.” A quick revi

Today, Representatives Earl Blumenauer (D-CO), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Adam Smith (D-WA) -- the ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee-- and 38 others sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging that he pursue the following core bipartisan principles in his upcoming Nuclear Posture Review (NPR): Reaffirm U.S. leadership for reducing the role and number of nuclear weapons globally. Continue to support U.S.-led efforts to prevent the spread of

Statement of Megan Amundson, Women’s Action for New Directions Executive Director, on the Trump Administration Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Request "By dramatically cutting the social safety net and diplomacy to pay for the military, President Trump has made his priorities loud and clear: he supports defense contractors over the working class, weapons and war over diplomacy, a new generation of nuclear weapons over the next generation of people. "The proposed budget would particul

Trump Recklessly Puts US Troops in Harm’s Way, Congress Must Vote on Authorization Women’s Action Executive Director Megan Amundson made the following statement in response to U.S. missile strikes against the Syrian government: "Late last night, President Trump launched Tomahawk missiles against the Syrian regime without Congressional authorization and without any long-term strategic plan for reducing the violence or humanitarian crisis. We condemn these missile strikes and c

On March 16, President Trump sent a preliminary budget blueprint to Congress – also known as a “skinny” budget -- that would radically change the way the United States operates. His chief strategist and an architect of the budget, ethno-nationalist Steve Bannon, has called for “deconstructing the administrative state,” highfalutin language for dismantling government programs that provide social safety nets for working Americans and ensure that our diplomats not only have secu

WAND particularly concerned about cuts to State, AID During tonight’s address to a joint session of Congress, President Trump reiterated his desire to provide more money for the Pentagon, already the largest federal agency in the U.S. Government. Earlier this week, the White House indicated that it would seek to increase security-related spending by $54 billion relative to budget projections and decrease spending on other federally-funded programs by the same amount. While ke

The unprecedented move minimizes legitimate national security voices while elevating propaganda leader Steve Bannon. WAND Executive Director Megan Amundson responds to President Trump’s Order to put Stephen Bannon on the National Security Council: “President Trump’s placement of Stephen K. Bannon on the National Security Council (NSC) is unprecedented. Never before has a political adviser been given such a prominent role in national security decision-making, and for good reas