This is a carefully crafted agreement allowing Iran to save face while eliminating any possibility for Iran to develop a nuclear weapon. It may well be the beginning of a historic decrease in tensions in the Middle East if it brings Iran back into the family of nations. Even if it does not, the nuclear threat of a Middle East arms race will be gone.

We are sending you this petition so you can hear our voices and approve the recent agreement with Iran.

I believe war has not worked but made things worse and it is insane to keep trying the same thing and expect a different outcome. I am a Jew and I believe this is the best chance for the long-term security of Israel .

For the last 18 months South Sudan has been devastated by a brutal civil war, the risk of widespread famine and the threat of genocide. On July 24, that can change. President Obama heads to Africa on July 24th and will be visiting several of South Sudan’s neighbors who are leading peace negotiations. The U.S. was instrumental in helping South Sudan forge its independence and has been a strong voice for peace in South Sudan since the fighting broke out in December 2013. Now, it’s time for the President to take the next step and use his time face-to-face with regional leaders to demand an agreement After 18 months of war, tens of thousands killed and the threat of famine looming, the people of South Sudan can wait no longer.

Since Obama can't be reelected for a third term, America needs to grab his moment and commit to overruling on warmongering positions to sustain our greater-good momentum MOVING FORWARD on peace. Otherwise, the miracle of somehow avoiding a great depression might elude us the next time we choose NOT to learn from history's mistakes costing trillions of dollars and tens of thousands of lives.

I'm starting this petition because it is time for you to stop allowing yourself to be influenced and controlled by special interest groups that push warfare as the only solution. We think this is the correct, moral, and ethical thing for you to do.

On March 25, 2015, a Saudi-led coalition began an airstrike campaign in Yemen to defeat the Houthi rebels who have effectively overthrown the government backed by Saudi Arabia and the US. The Obama administration is openly providing “logistical and intelligence support” to the offensive. [1] The Yemeni civil war has claimed the lives of over 1,500 civilians [2] The coalition declared the entire city of Saada a military target, which Human Rights Watch labeled a war crime. [3] Amnesty International’s deputy director for the Middle East has said that the Saudi-led, US-supported coalition is “turning a blind eye to civilian deaths and suffering caused by its military intervention”. [4] The US public must not do the same. Yet the coverage of civilian deaths in Yemen by major US media outlets, like the New York Times and the Washington Post, has been cursory and superficial. The Intercept's Glenn Greenwald [5] foretold the coverage of an airstrike by the US-backed coalition that killed at least 45 civilians in Fayoush, Yemen. [6] None of the victims will be profiled in American media; it’ll be very surprising if any of their names are even mentioned. No major American television outlet will interview their grieving families. Americans will never learn about their extinguished life aspirations, or the children turned into orphans, or the parents who will now bury their infants. Coverage in the Times and Post bore out Greenwald's predictions: The Times website ran a Reuters wire story [7] and the Post online had an AP piece [8], neither of which included any details about the victims. Neither paper appeared to cover the airstrike in their print editions. Urge these media outlets to provide serious coverage of the civilian bloodshed resulting from an offensive the US government is supporting. References: 1. http://news.yahoo.com/us-logistical-intelligence-support-yemen-offensive-021512580.html 2. http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/08/middleeast/yemen-conflict/ 3. http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/rights-group-airstrikes-yemen-killed-civilians-32132375 4. http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/03/31/disturbing-reports-civilian-deaths-yemen-warn-international-aid-groups 5. https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/07/06/civilian-deaths-yemen-will-ignored/ 6. http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-yemen-market-explosion-20150706-story.html 7. http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2015/07/07/world/middleeast/07reuters-yemen-security.html 8. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/airstrike-hits-market-north-of-yemens-aden-over-45-killed/2015/07/06/7cd06f6a-23e7-11e5-b621-b55e495e9b78_story.html

The U.S., Iran, and the international community have reached a historic agreement to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, hopefully putting us on a path to ending decades of hostility. Unfortunately, war hawks in Congress are committed to undermining diplomacy. Over the next 60 days, we're going to have to campaign hard to make sure Congress doesn't squander this opportunity. But for right now, it's worth celebrating what a historic achievement this is for diplomacy. And we can be thankful that Al Franken is working to avoid another massively destructive and costly US war in the Middle East. Now that it is clear that diplomacy can work, we need to show that Minnesotans stand with Senator Franken and will do everything in their power to give this agreement a chance to succeed and become a model for resolving other conflicts. But with opponents of diplomacy about to go all out to stop this, we have to be out there right away, visibly and loudly.

President Obama has announced that the U.S., Iran, and the international community have reached a historic agreement to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, hopefully putting us on a path to ending decades of hostility. Unfortunately, war hawks in Congress are committed to undermining diplomacy. Over the next 60 days, we're going to have to campaign hard to make sure Congress doesn't squander this opportunity. The president promised "aggressive, principled diplomacy," with Iran when he campaigned for president in the 2008 primary and general election. Now that he's shown that diplomacy can work, we need to show that the American people stand with him and will do everything in their power to give this agreement a chance to succeed and become a model for resolving other conflicts. But with opponents of diplomacy about to go all out to stop this, we have to be out there right away, visibly and loudly.

The nuclear program agreement with Iran.

I want my voice and others to really be heard! Our country needs to lead the way in Peace and Security through diplomacy and President Obama is taking that action. Please support his efforts.

We've seen what "diplomacy by force" can do to the security of our nation. This agreement does not say that we can never use force to prevent Iran from getting "the Bomb," but it does give peace a chance. Let us not forget that nothing builds up national debt like war does.