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Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) introduced a bill to create a Department of Peace

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Rep. Ilhan Omar (D- Minn. ) introduced a bill that would create a Department of Peacebuilding .

The bill is the latest effort by progressives to fight back against the Trump administration’s diplomatic shake-ups and targeting of marginalized groups within the U.S. The department would have to address the violence that racial, ethnic and LGBTQ communities have historically faced in the United States .