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Reducing the Pentagon budget

Repealing the 2001 AUMF and respecting congressional war powers Reducing the Pentagon budget Engaging with Iran Engaging with North Korea Supporting a just resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Opposing regime-change interventions and broad-based sanctions Rejecting discriminatory immigration policies and supporting refugees Closing Guantanamo Ending support for governments that violate human rights Prioritizing diplomacy and avoid militarizing our relations with other powers such as Russia and China INITIAL SIGNATORIES OF THIS LETTER
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We call on you to commit to ending wasteful military spending and reducing Pentagon spending by at least $200 billion annually. The U.S. military budget is well over $700 billion a year currently -- with private contractors reaping much of the benefit -- and even higher when accounting for nuclear weapons spending at the Department of Energy. The unnecessary nuclear modernization plan is expected to cost $1.7 trillion over the next 30 years. Meanwhile funding has shrunk for the U.S. Department of State and critical social safety nets at home. We call on you to reduce the outsized influence of private contractors at the Pentagon, end the production of new nuclear weapons, cancel 'space force', and to prioritize the federal budget towards meeting the basic needs of Americans at home.