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The incendiary House debate over whether the time has come to establish an Iraq exit strategy ended Friday morning with a 256 to 153 vote to maintain an open-ended occupation of the country where 2,500 US troops and tens of thousands of Iraqis have been killed in fighting since 2003. Read John Nichols’ report   for more.

As Nichols writes, yesterday’s vote comes on the heels of a decision on Thursday   in the Senate to shelve a measure proposing that “only forces that are critical to completing the mission of standing up Iraqi security forces” remain in Iraq in 2007.

What to do? Take the Voter Peace Pledge. As Katrina vanden Heuvel reports in Editor’s Cut , VotersForPeace has initiated the  Peace Voter Pledge   along with 18 other antiwar organizations. The pledge is focused on the Iraq war as well as potential armed conflicts such as that with Iran. Using language crafted by The Nation in its cover editorial last November, it reads: “I will not vote for or support any candidate for Congress or President who does not make a speedy end to the war in Iraq, and preventing any future war of aggression, a public position in his or her campaign.”



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Drum Major for Justice Awards, June 22
Join Katrina vanden Heuvel, Markos Moulitsas of DailyKos.com, Wynton Marsallis, Anna Burger of the Change to Win Labor Federation, and others at the Drum Major Institute’s 2006 Speaking Truth to Power Annual Benefit in New York City on June 22. Tickets are $125 for an evening of music and inspiration (no boring sit-down rubber chicken dinners here) and the opportunity to support a progressive institute dedicated to out-thinking the right.  To learn more and purchase your ticket, please click here .

RadioNation with Laura Flanders
This week on RadioNation : If Republicans want to debate Al Qaeda or America, let’s get them to debate Climate Poisoning, War Profiteering, and the Police State or America? You’ll hear from Congressman Jim McDermott on the House Iraq debate… And Author Dave Lindorff on the case for presidential impeachment… Plus Ex-CIA analyst Bill Christison on Israel…And Mark Crispin Miller and a host of Nation writers on media justice. All that and a conversation about race, class and wealth. Click here   for info.

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