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Advocacy groups from across different ideological spectrums teamed up to send letters to members of Congress and President Biden, urging them to end “the forever wars,” referring to U.S. engagement in overseas military operations since the 9/11 attacks.
WIN WITHOUT WAR AND TWENTY FOUR OTHER GROUPS SEND PETITION TO END FOREVER WARS
In the letters below, the signatories, from both conservative and progressive backgrounds, recommended specific strategies for Congress and the White House to bring troops home from Iraq, Afghanistan and other lesser-known conflict zones.
“We now have an administration that has promised to end our endless wars, and a public that is strongly in agreement,” said Erica Fein, the advocacy director for Win Without War, which pushes for a progressive foreign policy, and one of the lead organizers for the letter to Congress.
The groups on the letters are the following:
American Civil Liberties Union, Brennan Center for Justice, Bridges Faith Initiative, BringOurTroopsHome.US, Center for International Policy, Concerned Veterans for America, Council for a Livable World, Demand Progress, Defense Priorities Initiative, FreedomWorks, Friends Committee on National Legislation, Human Rights First, National Religious, Campaign Against Torture, Pax Christi USA, Peace Action, Project On Government Oversight, Protect Democracy, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, R Street Institute, Secure Families Initiative, September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, The Center for Victims of Torture, VoteVets, Win Without War, Women’s Action for New Directions
Bipartisan Activist Groups Send Letter to Biden to End Forever Wars (Read Letter Here) PDF
Bipartisan Activist Groups Send Letter to Congress to End Forever Wars (Read Letter Here) PDF
Transpartisan Coalition of 25 Orgs to Congress: Sunset AUMFs, Debate Future Authorities (Win Without War, 2-17-21)
Activist groups urge Biden, Congress to end 'forever wars' (Yahoo News, 2-17-21)
COMMON DEFENSE AND FIFTEEN OTHER SPONSORS SEND BIDEN PETITION TO END FOREVER WARS
In the petition below, Common Defense and fifteen other sponsors call on President Biden to use his power as Commander in Chief to review all military deployments around the world, bring our troops home as safely, responsibly and quickly as possible, and finally bring the decades-long Forever War to an end.
Common Defense: Tell President Biden: End the Forever War (Action Network)