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US State Department

Replicating Regime Change Playbook, Pompeo Says US Obligated to 'Take Down' Hezbollah in Venezuela

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

Calling for US Troop Withdrawal, House Dems Demand 'Diplomatic, Political, and Humanitarian Strategy for Syria'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

soldier in Syria

"While we believe there was never a military solution in Syria," says lawmakers' letter, "we are deeply concerned about the chaotic way in which [the president's] withdrawal plan has been rolled out."

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New Study Details 'Staggering' $6 Trillion (and Counting) Price Tag of Endless US War

Julia Conley, staff writer

"The U.S. continues to fund the wars by borrowing, so this is a conservative...

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Hundreds of Lawmakers and Organizations Demand State Dept. Stop Excluding Women's Rights From Human Rights Reports

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

Sign reads: "Women's rights are human rights."

Nearly 100 civil society organizations, 129 members of Congress sent letters to...

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'How Did the War With Iraq Turn Out?' CodePink's Medea Benjamin Interrupts Trump Official's Warmongering Iran Speech

Native American Tribes Sue Trump Over 'Unlawful' Keystone XL Approval

'Ethnic Cleansing by Bureaucracy': Trump Administration Denying Passports, Accusing Latino Citizens of Having Fake Birth Certificates

Trump Administration Announces $200 Million Cut in Humanitarian Aid for Palestinians

Imran Khan

Pakistan to US: Please Immediately Correct Your "Factually Incorrect" Account of Call Between Pompeo and Prime Minister Khan. US: No

'Your Bombs Are Killing Victims Here': U.S.-Made Bomb Hit School Bus in Attack That Killed 40 Yemeni Children

'Insidious': Emails Show Trump White House Lied About US Poverty Levels to Discredit Critical UN Report

Iranian Commander Issues Reminder That US Is the World's "Top Criminal with Regard to Missiles"

Pompeo

'Rubber-Stamping' Trump War Cabinet, Six Democrats Vote to Confirm Pompeo

Thanks to Rand Paul's "Cowardly Flip-Flop," Senate Committee Approves Warmonger Pompeo

Denouncing Pompeo's 'Disturbing' Pro-War Record, Grassroots Groups Push Democrats to Unite Against His Confirmation

Democrat Heitkamp Backing War Hawk Pompeo Because Trump 'Entitled to His Own Cabinet'

Newswire

Human Rights Campaign

Kavanaugh Lied Under Oath & Must Be Held Accountable

Sierra Club

Trump Administration Releases Sham Review on Keystone XL

Win Without War

New Refugee Cap Cements Trump Legacy of Bigotry and Hate

Amnesty International - USA

State Department Gathering on Religious Freedom Must Lead By Example

Amnesty International - USA

Trump Administration Undermines State Department’s Human Rights Report

Peace Action

Pompeo Nomination Puts Leading Hawk in Charge of U.S. Diplomacy

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Conn Hallinan

“Are You Serious?” Awards 2018

Alfred W. McCoy

Golden Shower Diplomacy and the Hidden Meaning of American Decline

Juan Cole

Top Six Reasons Mike Pompeo Should Not Be Secretary of State

Basav Sen

The State Department Drama Shows Just How Far Trump Will Go for Big Oil

Christopher Brauchli

The Secretary and the Lord

Richard Silverstein

With Mike Pompeo, Trump Is Heading into Dangerous Waters

Jim Lobe, Eli Clifton

Pompeo: Springtime for Irano/Islamophobes

Juan Cole

Top 5 Signs Donald Trump Might Be an Effing Moron

Jim Lobe

Nikki Haley: Neocon Heartthrob

John Shattuck, Kathryn Sikkink

The US Turns Its Back on Human Rights

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