Peace and Security

December 5, 2006 - North Carolina bills itself as the nation's "most military-friendly state," and it's about to get friendlier. As the Raleigh News & Observer reports today, officials are creating a special foundation and lobbying operation to draw defense contracts to the state:

December 4, 2006 - Peace groups, emboldened by the mandate for change signaled by the 2006 mid-term elections, are organizing a Congressional Call-In Day today, to keep Iraq on the radar of lawmakers. Here's the call from United for Peace and Justice, the largest of the anti-war coalitions:

November 17, 2006 - This weekend, thousands of priests, nuns, and other activists will descend on Fort Benning, Georgia, to demonstrate against the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHISC).

October 27, 2006 - Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of The Nation, writes in her blog about the importance of the Institute's recent poll about Southern attitudes towards the Iraq war.

October 20, 2006 - Back in August, we pointed to an internal Pentagon study (highlighed by the Center for Responsible Lending) which found that pay-day lending and other schemes finance institutions use to prey on men and women in the armed services "undermines military readines

October 19, 2006 - One of the most interesting findings of the Institute's recent poll of Southern and national opinion about the Iraq war was that the more one believes Iraq is engaged in a "civil war," the less one was likely to support the war.

October 5, 2006 - Last Friday, I hinted that the Institute was about to unveil the results of a months-long research project, focused on how the public feels about the Iraq war and the direction of U.S. foreign policy. The results are coming back -- and they are eye-opening.

October 4, 2006 - Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen said in an interview yesterday that the Tennessee National Guard is not prepared for a natural disaster because much of their equipment is in Iraq:

September 29, 2006 - As Facing South regulars know, the Institute has a special interest in how the South is uniquely tied to the military, including how the region has been impacted by Iraq and the broader

September 29, 2006 - March 2004 was a turning point in the Iraq war. That's the month that TV networks broadcast the grizzly images of dead and mutilated U.S.