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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: PROLIFE who wrote (749218)9/14/2006 4:18:23 PM
From: pompsander  Read Replies (3) of 769670
 
Mr. Bush will not win on this one....four republicans voted with the democrats - Warner, McCain, Graham and Collins....some heavyweights there on this issue!

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Defying Bush, Senate panel clears terrorism tribunals bill 43 minutes ago


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defying President George W. Bush, a U.S. Senate committee on Thursday approved legislation setting up trials for foreign terrorism suspects that Bush says could compromise the war on terrorism.

Voting 15-9, the Senate Armed Services Committee approved the bill they said would provide suspects more legal rights than Bush wanted and resisted his attempt to more narrowly define the Geneva Conventions' standards for humane treatment of prisoners.
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