[Peace-discuss] McGovern, Obey Lead House Showdown on Afghanistan War

[Robert Naiman]

Tonight, the House of Representatives is expected to vote on the
Pentagon's request for $33 billion for open-ended war and occupation
in Afghanistan. While press reports suggest that when the dust
settles, the Pentagon will have the war money, it's likely that a
record number of Representatives will go on the record in opposition
to open-ended war and occupation.

Representative Jim McGovern [D-MA] and Representative David Obey
[D-WI] are expected to introduce an amendment on the war supplemental
that would require President Obama to present Congress with a
timetable for military redeployment from Afghanistan.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/mcgovern-obey-lead-house_b_632155.html

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/7/1/102850/2498

http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/node/635

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Robert Naiman
Policy Director
Just Foreign Policy
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naiman at justforeignpolicy.org

Urge Congress to Support a Timetable for Military Withdrawal from Afghanistan
http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/feingold-mcgovern

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