We can afford to spend more than $2 billion per week - above and beyond the nearly $1 trillion annual defense budget - on destabilizing wars, yet cannot afford to rebuild our own storm ravaged communities from New Orleans to New Jersey.
To achieve true security both at home and abroad, we petition President Obama to immediately end all ongoing military actions and begin the transformation of the US military from a combat force into a global emergency response force focused on disaster relief.
Employing the strength of our country as a global force for humanity is the best possible foreign policy.