Ray McGovern, a former CIA analyst and a U.S. foreign policy critic, will speak at the Atlanta Friends Meetinghouse, 701 West Howard Ave., Decatur 30030, May 2, at 7 pm, on the topic “How to Stop Endless War: Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and Beyond.”

McGovern spent 27 years as a CIA intelligence officer and served presidents from John F. Kennedy to George H.W. Bush. He was one President Ronald Reagan’s intelligence briefers from 1981-1985, said Ann Mauney of the Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition/Atlanta, which is sponsor the event.

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D. (center) is flanked by GOP whip Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo. (left) and Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, as Thune speak to reporters at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, July 1, 2025. Earlier Tuesday, the Senate passed the budget reconciliation package of President Donald Trump's signature bill of big tax breaks and spending cuts. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

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