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The lamestream media told you:

Nothing.

The Uninvited Ombudsman notes however that:

The left wing of the Democrat party, lead by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), has introduced a bill to form the swell sounding U.S. Dept. of Peace.

This would be a cabinet-level position, with a Secretary of Peace, Undersecretary of Peace, and dozens upon dozens of other officials, each with a staff of their own. The starting budget will be only eight thousand million dollars ($8 billion), and will grow only as fast as everything else at the federal level.

According to a presentation attended by The Uninvited Ombudsman, the new Dept. will avoid the usual bureaucratic waste and inefficiency because it will be, “an umbrella group” absorbing other agencies, and “it will be streamlined and efficient.” Why other federal agencies can’t also operate that way was unexplained. The Dept. will be better than a private operation, a non-profit, or a think tank, organizers are sure.

Promoters are quick to point out that the Dept. of Peace will “research, facilitate and articulate peaceful nonviolent solutions to conflict.” They are less quick to point out that the new Dept. will have policy making powers, social engineering programs, indoctrinations for school children called “educational programs,” enforcement powers, and more, in its 5,000-word enabling statute, HR 808.

As currently written, the Dept. of Defense will have to confer with the Dept. of Peace before it can do anything. It was not clear from the discussions if any of the bill’s supporters have read the bill.

Not to overlook an opportunity for backdoor gun control, the Peace Dept. will, “(5) analyze existing policies, employ successful, field-tested programs, and develop new approaches for dealing with the implements of violence, including gun-related violence and the overwhelming presence of handguns.”

The reason the lamestream media missed this story are unclear.