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from the WH website: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/09/20060914-12.html

September 14, 2006

Myth/Fact: Clarifying Common Article 3

MYTH: The Administration Is Proposing To "Reinterpret" The Definition Of Common Article 3 Or To "Redefine" Common Article 3.

FACT: The Administration Is Proposing To CLARIFY Common Article 3 – Not Reinterpret Or Redefine It


Senate clarfies it for him:


Senate Committee Defies Bush On Prisoner Interrogation

President Bush's campaign for tougher legislation on terrorists suffered another blow today when Senate Republicans supported efforts to block his plan to reinterpret Geneva Convention restrictions on the interrogation of prisoners.

By a 15-9 vote, Sen. John Warner (R-Virginia), chairman of the Armed Services Committee, and three other Republicans joined Democrats in opposing the change.

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