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  • Senate Confirms David Friedman as Ambassador to Israel

    Statement | March 23, 2017
    FCNL vigorously opposed the nomination and urged senators to speak out against his nomination and the dangerous pro-settlement, pro-occupation policies that Friedman has advocated. 
  • The Link Between Climate and Conflict

    Background | September 25, 2016
    The Pentagon is preparing for a world remade by climate change. The agency’s “2014 Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap” clearly lays out the connection between climate and national security. It argues that climate change adds to the burdens of already fragile and weak states, creating an environment ripe for political dissent and instability.
  • Drone Warfare Is Still War

    Update | August 17, 2020
    Yesterday, President Obama delivered a lofty foreign policy speech at West Point in which he announced his vision for American counterterrorism policy post-Afghanistan.
  • Bipartisan Coalition Calls for an End to Iraq War Authorization

    Press Release | November 11, 2020
    Washington, DC – Today, on the 18th anniversary of the 2002 Authorization for Use of Force Against Iraq (AUMF) becoming law, the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) sent a letter to Congress, signed by a broad, bipartisan coalition of advocacy groups, calling for the law’s repeal. The groups urged the Chairs and Ranking Members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees to preserve in the final version of the annual defense spending bill (the Department of Defense Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2021) a House provision to repeal the 2002 Iraq AUMF.
  • William Penn House: What’s in a Name?

    Background | December 22, 2020
    Last year, the FCNL Education Fund assumed governance and management of a historic property on Capitol Hill, the William Penn House. It had operated for several decades as a site for Quaker hospitality.
  • Quaker Lobby Commends House Passage of Dream and Promise Act

    Press Release | March 19, 2021
    FCNL commends the House of Representatives for passing the American Dream and Promise Act of 2021.
  • Quaker Lobby Joins Faith Groups in Applauding COVID-19 Relief Bill

    Press Release | March 11, 2021
    FCNL joins its Circle of Protection partners in applauding the passage of the American Rescue Plan by Congress
  • Quaker Lobby Appeals to President Biden to Cease Weapons Sales to Israel

    Press Release | June 10, 2021
    FCNL joined more than 100 national organizations in signing a letter to President Biden urging him to block the delivery of $735 million in weapons to Israel.
  • Quaker Lobby Applauds House Vote to Prevent Tribal Violence

    Press Release | October 28, 2021
    The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) lauded the passage by the House of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2021 (FVPSA).
  • Quaker Lobby Applauds Bill to Repeal 2002 Law Used for the Iraq War

    Press Release | March 16, 2023
    FCNL welcomed today’s introduction of legislation to repeal both the 1991 and 2002 Authorizations of Use of Military Force. Both give the president the authority to use force against Saddam Hussein and his regime in Iraq. Hussein has not been in power since 2003.