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Eric Cantor's Foreign-Policy Ideas Would Consign Us to Perpetual War

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor gave a

speech last week the Virginia Military Institute

that left little doubt about his foreign-policy

agenda: more wars of choice.

The speech led with the observation that Cantor

belongs to "the strong-on-defense wing of the

GOP," but that isn't quite right, insofar as following his advice would weaken America's defense as surely as the Iraq War, which led to the unnecessary deaths of more Americans than the 9/11 attacks. There is little evidence that voters have any appetite for Cantor's approach to foreign policy. And if Republicans persist in offering it, Democrats will keep winning.

CDA February National Conference Call

The College Democrats of America hope your first month of the new semester has gone well. College

Democrats nationwide have been working hard to support the President's forward-looking agenda he outlined last month in the State of the Union. They are excited to discuss all the great work done and talk about our plans for this semester on Wednesday, February 26th at 8:30pm EST.

They are also happy to announce that they will be joined by Congressman Joe Kennedy and that he will be taking questions! If you have a question for the Congressman, please fill out this form.

It is going to be an exciting call! RSVP now and invite other state and chapter leaders!

Think Locally, Act Globally Virginia Tech Biological

Pest Control in India Saves Farmers $309 Million

Without intervention from the same Virginia Tech team that helped Africa farmers combat the leaf miner moth, the mealybug would have caused $309 million worth of damage in the first year of its invasion, and more than $1 billion over the next five years. Rangaswamy “Muni” Muniappan developed a natural pest control program that wiped out the papaya mealybug’s onslaught in India – all for the modest cost of $200,000.

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