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Powell blasts Bush’s plan for interrogations
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Sep 14, 2006 12:12pm |
| Category | Opinion |
| News Date | Sep 14, 2006 12:00pm |
| Description | President Bush went to Congress Thursday to lobby divided Republicans to back more power to spy on, imprison and interrogate terrorism suspects, but his visit came as Colin Powell, his former secretary of state, said part of Bush's strategy was misguided.
Powell instead endorsed efforts by three Republican senators to block the president’s plan to authorize harsh interrogations of terror suspects.
“The world is beginning to doubt the moral basis of our fight against terrorism,” said Powell, who served under Bush and is a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. “To redefine Common Article 3 would add to those doubts. Furthermore, it would put our own troops at risk.” |
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