U.S. Mayors Pass Resolution To Bring 'War Dollars' Home
First Posted: 06/20/11 12:43 PM ET Updated: 06/20/11 02:52 PM ET
BALTIMORE -- The U.S. Conference of Mayors approved a resolution on Monday calling for an accelerated end to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
That resolution will now become official policy of the mayors' organization -- a small symbol of growing opposition to the war in Afghanistan. The mayors are asking that money spent on wars abroad be used in the United States to develop cities and towns. The last time the conference approved a resolution like this was during the Vietnam War.
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