A Little Bit Of Attention Can Go

The U.n. Population Fund Has A Maternal Health Program In Some Cameroon Hospitals, But It Doesn't Operate In This Region. It's Difficult To Expand, Because President Bush Has Cut Funding

Our National Leaders Tend To Try To Protect The National Interest As They See It. They May Screw Up In That, But They At Least See That As Their Role. In Contrast, Where Issues Of Our National Values Are Involved, Which Covers Pretty Much Any Humanitarian Issue, They Pretty Much Drop The Ball.

The Photos Were Taken By African Union Soldiers. People In Congress Saw Them. I Thought If People Could See Them, There Would Be Public Outcry. No One Would Be Able To Say, We Just Didn't Know What Was Going On There.

It’s Time For A 21st-century Abolitionist Movement In The U.s And Around The World.

Let Me Be Clear: I'm A Believer In A Robust Military, Which Is Essential For Backing Up Diplomacy. But The Implication Is That We Need A Balanced Tool Chest Of Diplomatic And Military Tools Alike. Instead, We Have A Billionaire Military And A Pauper Diplomacy. The U.s. Military Now Has More People In Its Marching Bands Than The State Department Has In Its Foreign Service - And That's Preposterous.