I am receptive to the goals of the Department of Peace but we already have the State Department. I don't see why we can't reorient it to be more peace driven than just simply starting a new department.
That said, we already have the U.S. Institute of Peace.
FYI, it should be pointed out that the Department of Peace has been a proposal over a decade by progressives and even the Green Party. This isn't unique to what Ilhan Omar had proposed.
However, it's better to talk about proposals like this when Democrats have power in Congress AND the White House. Right now, it's distracting.
I am receptive to the goals of the Department of Peace but we already have the State Department. I don't see why we can't reorient it to be more peace driven than just simply starting a new department.
That said, we already have the U.S. Institute of Peace.
FYI, it should be pointed out that the Department of Peace has been a proposal over a decade by progressives and even the Green Party. This isn't unique to what Ilhan Omar had proposed.
However, it's better to talk about proposals like this when Democrats have power in Congress AND the White House. Right now, it's distracting.
Goes back even further than that. I was in college in the '80s and Jennings Randolph of West Virginia would introduce this bill every year.