WASHINGTON - January 27 - Right before the nation prepares to watch the President's State of the Union Address, Brave New Foundation, CREDO Mobile, and True Majority will be launching its first online live stream action.  Brave New Foundation will live stream "The Cost of War," a segment of the critically acclaimed documentary Rethink Afghanistan, giving concerned citizens a chance to measure the President's proposals against military spending in Afghanistan.  Brave New Foundation Director Robert Greenwald and Political Associate Derrick Crowe will accompany the stream by live blogging the event.  

Interested participants can join at:

http://www.facebook.com/rethinkafghanistan?v=app_55841807003 

To view the Cost of War please click the link below:

http://rethinkafghanistan.com/part3_full.php

"We are spending $190,258 every minute on this war in Afghanistan. Just think of all the schools we could build, teachers we could hire, mortgages we could save, and jobs we could create with this obscene amount of money. We simply cannot afford this war that is not making us safer in this economic climate; it is time for all of us to Rethink Afghanistan." Robert Greenwald, Director, Brave New Foundation

"Afghanistan is a war where a loss is inevitable and the only issues are the timing and the cost. We need a concrete exit strategy." Michael Kieschnick, President of CREDO Mobile

The live stream comes in the wake of hundreds of citizens against the Afghanistan War storming the White House Facebook page yesterday, demanding that the President Obama detail an exit strategy in tomorrow's State of the Union address.  They are among over 20,000 petition signers that are calling for President Obama to provide a concrete strategy for the 2011 withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan in his State of the Union speech tonight.  With all the concern regarding an increase in the cost of war in Afghanistan, the petition managed to gather these 20,000 signatures within of a couple of days.

To view the petition and White House Facebook page, please click the link below:

Petition: http://bit.ly/7romlW

White House Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=63811549237&start=5

The live stream event begins at 5:30pm (Pacific Time) and will proceed as follows:

• Rethink Afghanistan's Facebook Page will carry a live stream of the "Cost of War" segment of Rethink Afghanistan prior to the address.

• Brave New Foundation will then proceed to present a live stream of the State of the Union address on the same page.

• Brave New Foundation's Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe will be live blogging and answering questions from participants.