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December 10, 2019

Press Release: Executive Director John Tierney Urges Members of Congress to oppose FY2020 National Defense Authorization Act

CONTACT: Rowan Humphries Communications Assistant rhumphries@clw.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Executive Director John Tierney Urges Members of Congress to oppose FY2020 National Defense Authorization Act (December 10, 2019 – WASHINGTON) Former Congressman John Tierney, now Executive Director of Council for a Livable World, makes the following statement in regards to the final fiscal year 2020 National […]

Posted in: Legislative Analysis, Press Releases, Press Room

April 9, 2019

Council Joins Organizations Across Political Spectrum to Decry Increasing Pentagon Spending Caps

Council for a Livable World was proud to join 13 other organizations in urging Members of Congress to vote “no” on H.R. 2021. The full text of the letter follows: April 8, 2019 We are writing as a coalition of groups on the left and the right to urge Members of Congress to vote “no” […]

Posted in: Blog, Legislative Analysis, Press Releases

March 13, 2019

Council joins 41 organizations in signing letter urging repeal of 2001 AUMF

The Council for a Livable World is proud to sign a letter to House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Eliot Engel and Ranking Member Michael McCaul, expressing support for H.R. 1274 repealing the Authorization of Use of Military Force. The bill is intended to spark discussion on “endless wars.” The bill, proposed by Rep. Barbara Lee, […]

Posted in: Blog, Legislative Analysis, Press Releases

March 8, 2019

Open Letter to Congress: Pentagon Doesn’t Need a Budget Boost

Council for a Livable World joined 16 other organizations in signing an open letter to Members of Congress asserting that the Pentagon budget does not need to get any bigger, and must be more accountable The full text of the letter follows:     March 8, 2019 Dear Representative/Senator: As organizations representing Americans across the […]

Posted in: Blog, Legislative Analysis

December 19, 2017

Pentagon Undergoes an Audit (Maybe)

By Meyer Thalheimer Last week, Pentagon officials announced that the Department of Defense (DoD) is about to begin its first ever agency-wide audit, claiming that audits will begin in 2018 and then will occur annually, with reports issued every November 15. If this were to actually happen, it would be a milestone for the DoD, […]

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