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Title: Department of Peace
Sponsor: Common Sense Issues, Inc.
Type: Television
Message: Democratic senate candidate Mark Udall has proposed a new $8 billion cabinet-level Department of Peace, which could encourage terrorists and threaten the safety and security of Americans.
Grade: Barely true.
Facts: The Department of Peace is actually an idea of Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, who first proposed it in a bill in 2001 and has reintroduced it three times since then. Udall was one of 44 co-sponsors of the House bill in 2001 and initially co-sponsored the bill in 2003 before withdrawing his support.
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