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We have thousands of moth-balled tanks yet we keep building more. Eliminate all funding for the manufacture of new tanks.

Submitted by Timothy Salt in Foreign Policy & Military Jan. 3, 2015, 1:41 p.m.

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#725

239 votes

Require the military age descendants of congress to serve in every war they approve. They souldn't be thinking their wars will be fought by the children of the poor. Noones children are expendable.

Submitted by Nancy C. from CO in Foreign Policy & Military Dec. 10, 2014, 4:14 p.m.

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#753

227 votes

Bring all U.S. troops home from Iraq NOW!

Submitted by Blair M. from CA in Foreign Policy & Military Nov. 17, 2014, 1:26 a.m.

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#760

225 votes

Strengthen negotiations with Iran over nuclear programs by requiring Israel to also submit to UN inspections of their nuclear programs and capabilities.

Submitted by Jonah B. from MD in Foreign Policy & Military Dec. 10, 2014, 2:48 p.m.

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#771

222 votes

To demonstrate respect for the Cuban people, upon closing the prison at Guantanamo leave Cuba. End this 19th century vestige of colonialism.

Submitted by Hiram in Foreign Policy & Military Jan. 4, 2015, 5:07 p.m.

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#805

212 votes

Hundreds of Veterans are committing suicide, daily. Not only returning Vets, but Vietnam Vets continue high in those numbers. We need to get the word out. As a nation, this is shameful. Let's put the resources into fixing this. No more Vets falling through the cracks.

Submitted by James S. from CA in Foreign Policy & Military Dec. 18, 2014, 9:18 p.m.

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#840

200 votes

Reduce military spending by at least 25%. Require the Defense Department to submit to an annual audit and to present its first audit beginning immediately. The Pentagon needs to be subject to accountability on how it spends ALL funds allocated to it. This has not happened in a very long time, if ever.

Submitted by Grace Peters in Foreign Policy & Military Dec. 26, 2014, 4:36 p.m.

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#841

199 votes

Withdraw funds from Rwanda, Uganda and other countries for their atrocious and illegal activities in the Congo. Implement the law that is already on the books, section 105 of Public Law 109-456 to defend the Congo from the brutal (6 MILLION KILLED) by states near and far from the Congo. Pass the Coltan conflict bill ASAP. ps Obama wrote it and Bush sign it. Now let's implement it.

Submitted by Rev Jim F. from MA in Foreign Policy & Military Nov. 11, 2014, 7:26 p.m.

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#858

194 votes

We should reinvent the draft so that the dangers of war are spread among all Americans. So many in the armed services have multiple deployments that if they return in one piece physically, they've been wounded psychologically. Look at suicide rates! We'd not be in Iraq & Afghanistan if every family knew their young people could be sent to serve there.Also, please let's rid of contractors, who have less accountability.

Submitted by Bobbi K. from NY in Foreign Policy & Military Dec. 26, 2014, 1:57 p.m.

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#858

194 votes

Stop killing people in the Middle East.

Submitted by Franklin S. from OR in Foreign Policy & Military Nov. 11, 2014, 5:45 p.m.

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#866

192 votes

Investigate the false proposition that IRAQ had weapons of mass destruction. Prosecute all those found to cover up information that indicxates certain individuals knew the proposition was false but deliberately pursued the war anyway. That is high TREASON.

Submitted by Allen A. from FL in Foreign Policy & Military Dec. 12, 2014, 3:55 p.m.

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#876

188 votes

Stop endless wars by strengthening the "War Powers Act" and REQUIRING SERIOUS DEBATE and majority votes -- including votes to appropriate the funding -- in both the Senate and House before the U.S. can use military violence in any country.

Submitted by Glen in Foreign Policy & Military Dec. 10, 2014, 6:25 p.m.

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#897

183 votes

Legislation that requires a draft and tax increase to support any military conflict lasting more than 90 days. It would force Americans to treat war more seriously and keep the us out of poorly conceived military adventures.

Submitted by BC C. from CA in Foreign Policy & Military Dec. 10, 2014, 3:57 p.m.

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#909

180 votes

Quit trying to bomb our way to peace. Real solutions to problems like ISIS require intelligence and an understanding of what caused this to occur in the first place, and a lot of hard work.

Submitted by Mary B. from CA in Foreign Policy & Military Dec. 10, 2014, 10:42 p.m.

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#917

179 votes

Immediately end all foreign and military aid to the apartheid terrorist racist lawless ethnic cleansing Zionist Israeli rogue regime (Netanyahu and his Likudniks). The billions upon billions of hard earned U.S. taxpayer dollars currently provide these terrorists could be better spent right here at home.

Submitted by AnkVic in Foreign Policy & Military Jan. 4, 2015, 4:12 p.m. 1

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#920

178 votes

End the corporate wars we've seen our entire life times and redirect the Department of Defense to exactly that. Defense. Everyone serves. Health care support in all areas, forestry, educational support of all kinds, policing, fire fighting, elderly care, etc., the manpower for these resources we all need. No more foreign wars of aggression, no matter which industry's interests are at stake. Only one weapon is actually required. We have it. The rest is war profiteering and natural resource grabs

Submitted by =GB= in Foreign Policy & Military Dec. 10, 2014, 3:19 p.m.

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#927

176 votes

scrap excess nukes, to save money and reduce risk of misadventure

Submitted by ken burgdorf in Foreign Policy & Military Dec. 10, 2014, 1:18 p.m.

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#937

174 votes

An equivalent to military service as peace service (along the lines of the Peace Corps) should be available to those who wish to serve, with similar salaries, perks and benefits one would receive in the military. Peace service would involve training and assisting in improving life in impoverished areas via sustainable agricultural improvements, water and sanitation, housing, infrastructure, small business techniques, healthcare, etc.

Submitted by William R. from NY in Foreign Policy & Military Dec. 19, 2014, 7:06 p.m.

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#944

173 votes

Stop funding the Apartheid state of Israel in the Middle East. Make AIPAC register as a foreign entity relative to our electoral politics, and require that they disclose how much money they spend to influence elections. Get AIPAC off the backs of legislators.

Submitted by Abs in Foreign Policy & Military Dec. 9, 2014, 9:06 p.m.

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#980

164 votes

Don't let the executive branch freely decide, based on vague or secret criteria, who can be spied on, detained, or killed. The president must define and disclose what it means to be an "imminent threat" under the drone program. Also require warrants for surveillance and reaffirm our nation's commitment to end torture.

Submitted by Troval6 in Foreign Policy & Military Dec. 13, 2014, 12:05 a.m.

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#983

163 votes

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