July 27, 2005
Actions Louder Than Words
"The inmates in Guantanamo have never eaten better, they've never been treated better...the idea that we are somehow torturing people in Guantanamo is absolutely not true, unless you consider eating chicken three days a week is torture," House Armed Services Committee Chairman Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., said during a press conference Monday, handing out copies of inmate menus -- which feature meals such as lemon chicken -- to reporters. -- June 14, 2005
The Senate's Republican leader yesterday derailed a bipartisan effort to set rules for the treatment of enemy prisoners at Guantánamo Bay and other military-detention camps by abruptly stopping debate on a $491 billion defense bill.
The unusual move came after senators, including several leading Republicans, beat back an effort by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., to block amendments setting standards for interrogations of military prisoners and delaying base closings scheduled for approval later this year. The White House had threatened to veto the defense bill if it contained either of those provisions.
Rather than risk debate and votes on those amendments, Frist simply pulled the bill from consideration. -- July 27, 2005
Posted by Eddie Tews at July 27, 2005 04:34 PM
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