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Today, even Politico understands how disastorous it would be to if we listened to House Republicans and cut State and Foreign Aid spending to 2008 levels. Yet, there are still those who, like Rand Paul, would happy to reduce the PEPFAR budget, which provides antiretroviral drugs to AIDS patients in Africa. Check out the full Politico article here:
GOP seeks to slash foreign aid
Two members of Maroon 5, a widely popular American rock band, recently taped a PSA in support of new-START and the film Countdown to Zero. They are part of a growing number of musicians who have spoken out in support of the new-START treaty. You can watch the video below. The video is somewhat NSFW and includes questionable content, but it's ok to drop the f-bomb if it is supporting a nuclear weapons free world.
By: Jeff Brooks
In 1779, Thomas Jefferson wrote a letter to Patrick Henry to discuss the proper treatment of the British and Hessian prisoners-of-war captured at the Battle of Saratoga. In this letter, Jefferson writes a remarkable sentence: "It is for the benefit of mankind to mitigate the horrors of war as much as possible." As only he could, Jefferson summed up in a few simple but eloquent words an Enlightenment concept that should today be held up as a sacred principle.