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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

NSC Watch Project Focuses on NSC Scandals and Bannon. In response to the Washington Post article that broke today announcing that Steve Bannon has been removed from the National Security Council, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Director of National Intelligence have been added back to the Principals Committee, Women’s Action for New Directions releases the following response from Megan Amundson, Executive Director. “Recently, Women’s Action for New Direction

Women’s Action for New Directions Executive Director, Megan Amundson, made the following statement regarding the Nuclear Ban Treaty negotiations, which will take place in two sessions at the United Nations in 2017; one beginning today and going through the week to draft the treaty and the other from June to July over a three week period to negotiate the treaty. “Women’s Action for New Directions (WAND), which was founded as a women’s nuclear disarmament organization, supports

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