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Dianne Feinstein Initiates Pro-Iran Diplomacy Letter in Senate
Following on the wildly successful pro-diplomacy letter led by Reps. Charlie Dent and David Price, California Senator Dianne Feinstein is circulating a letter, below, urging President Obama to reinvigorate US efforts to engage Iran in the wake of Iran’s recent presidential election. Write to your Senators today! *** Dear President Obama: We urge you to…
Close to a Third of House Says Reinvigorate US-Iran Diplomacy
Today, nearly a third of the House of Representatives endorsed the Dent-Price letter calling upon President Obama to reinvigorate US efforts to engage Iran. Below is the final version of the letter, including a list of signers by state. You can view the original letter here. In addition, Reps. Huffman, Lowenthal and Brownley sent a…
Reps. Dent, Price Lead Quarter of House to Bless Talks with New Iran President
If you’ve been worn down by too much bad news into thinking that nothing good can ever happen in Washington, here’s proof that it ain’t so: "the biggest ever pro-Iran diplomacy letter from the Hill." JTA reports: Days after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed the incoming Iranian president’s plea for engagement with the United…
Keith Ellison and Walter Jones Stand Up for Diplomatic Engagement with Iran
The media war fever for military confrontation with Iran has grown so great that even the media noticed. Writing in the New York Times, Scott Shane asked the reasonable question: how is it that we’re having a war fever with Iran, when polls show that after ten years, the American public is weary of war?…
Can Joe Lieberman Block Diplomacy with Iran that Would Prevent War?
Can Joe Lieberman Block Diplomacy with Iran that Would Prevent War? by Robert Naiman There’s no question that some people in Washington would very much like for the U.S. to have a policy towards Iran whose endgame is war or externally-induced regime change. And they have a long-term strategy to bring this about, which is…
House Vote Today to Approve Iran Sanctions Bill Would Restore Bush “Cooties Doctrine”
Today the House of Representatives is scheduled to vote -under "suspension," requiring a supermajority to pass – on a provision which would restore as policy the Cooties Doctrine of the early Bush Administration – U.S. officials can’t meet with officials of the adversary du jour, because our officials might get contaminated. What’s remarkable isn’t that…
JFP Joins FCNL and 24 Other Organizations to Tell Congress: Don’t Sabotage Diplomacy with Iran!
Just Foreign Policy joined the Friends Committee on National Legislation and 24 other organizations to call upon members of Congress to oppose a provision in HR 1905, the “Iran Threat Reduction Act of 2011,” which would make certain contacts between US and Iranian officials illegal. The letter text can be found below. You can find…
How Many Should Die To Send Qaddafi to the Hague?
Here is a question I would like pollsters to ask American voters about the Libya War: Is sending Qaddafi to the International Criminal Court a military objective worth having American troops "fight and possibly die" for? I haven’t seen any pollster ask this question. Indeed, the fact that sending Qaddafi to the Hague is a…
An Open Letter to Liberal Supporters of the Libya War
Middle East historian and blogger Juan Cole recently wrote a polemic against progressive U.S. critics of the new U.S. war in Libya. In his polemic, he wrote, "I hope we can have a calm and civilized discussion of the rights and wrongs here." I strongly agree with Juan that it is important for progressive critics…
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