On arms control, the most pressing dispute is over possible Russian violation of the 1987 treaty that eliminated all ground-launched U.S. and Russian intermediate range nuclear weapons forces, as noted in the July 2014 State Department compliance report.

The U.S. will spend more money trying to fix Afghanistan than it did on the Marshall Plan after World War II by the time its combat troops depart at the end of 2014.

On Friday, July 25, the House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to put the brakes on the Obama White House’s potential decision to expand military involvement in Iraq.

On July 11, Representatives Jim McGovern (D-MA), Walter Jones (R-NC) and Barbara Lee (D-CA) introduced an unusual joint resolution, H. Con. Res. 105, under the procedures outlined by the War Powers Resolution that is expected to lead to a vote this week or next on whether to pull U.S. troops out. Congress should seize its traditional war-making powers to reject a new war in Iraq.

On July 16, Council for a Livable World sent a letter to Senators urging them not to sign a missiles being circulated by Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Iran.