Pressure Mounts on Reid as 58 Senators Back Iran Sanctions By John Hudson January 9, 2014 In a surprise development in Congress, a long-building effort to impose new sanctions on Iran has reached a near-filibuster-proof majority in the Senate. Despite months of White House lobbying against the bill, 58 Senators now support the so-called “Nuclear […]

Senators Request DoD Delay Environmental Assessment Of Active Minuteman III Silos January 2, 2014 By Pat Host Eight senators in mid-December asked the Defense Department to not fund an environmental assessment related to active Minuteman III ICBM silos until after Congress completes fiscal year 2014 appropriations legislation. In a letter to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel […]

Give first-step Iran deal chance to bear fruit By James Lewis January 1, 2014 After years of stalemate, the United States and our allies have secured a verifiable nuclear deal with Iran. This first-stage deal freezes Iran’s nuclear program and provides both sides time to negotiate a more comprehensive agreement ensuring Iran never develops the […]

Road to War Published in The Huffington Post on December 31, 2013 Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has introduced legislation that sets the United States on the road to war with Iran and the road to an internal war within the Democratic Party. The bill (S.1881), which has many […]

Communications director, James Lewis joins CCTV to discuss the international community missing the OPCW deadline to rid Syria of chemical weapons by 2014.