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Senate Armed Services Committee chair hesitant on Gitmo tribunals legislation

July 1, 2006 10:10:00 am

Sen. John Warner (R-VA) said Friday that Congress must be cautious about passing an alternative to military commissions at Guantanamo Bay , which were struck down by the...

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