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Department of Peace supporters are attending town hall meetings where they can ask the candidates if they support a U.S. Department of Peace. As the answers show up in the news, we will list them here. Be sure to let us know if you have such an opportunity.
Presidential Candidates Respond
Department of Peace supporters are attending town hall meetings with presidential candidates where
they can ask the candidates if they support a U.S. Department of
Peace. As the answers show up in the news, we will list them here. Be
sure to let us know if you have such an opportunity.
"Mr. McCain also said that he would not pay for a “Department of Peace,” adding that existing government agencies and the State Department could handle the issue and that he wants no expansion of the federal government or its agencies."
EDWARDS PICKING OFF VOTERS?
- John Edwards
by Domenico Montanaro
MSNBC blog (also reported on at CBS News )
December 29, 2007
“Well, I’m not for a Department of Peace, so I’m going to give you an answer you don’t like. I think that -- and it’s a perfectly fine idea. I’m not saying it’s a bad idea. It’s just not what I would do,” he said. “I think the way the president of the United States approaches the rest of the world is more important than any of these bureaucracies, and the engagement and the constructive engagement with the rest of the world in a way that creates peace and security is the most critical element.”
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