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babsbunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-29-09 05:47 PM
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Army vet who opposed Bush detainee policies takes key job
Army vet who opposed Bush detainee policies takes key job

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/257/story/67154.html

By Carol Rosenberg | Miami Herald

The Obama administration has chosen a lawyer and Iraq war veteran who has denounced U.S. detention policy to direct detainee affairs at the Department of Defense.

Until starting at the Pentagon this week, Phillip E. Carter, 33, was an associate at New York’s Park Avenue law firm McKenna Long & Aldridge. He specialized in government contracting and national security regulation.
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stillcool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-29-09 05:53 PM
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1. I so hope someone asks about torture..
tonight..along with withdrawal of combat troops from Iraq and Afghanistan. I don't see why the likes of Blackwater can't fight these dirty wars. Does it really benefit us to be the dominating influence in the region?
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-29-09 05:54 PM
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2. See? CHANGE! n/t
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-29-09 06:17 PM
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3. Sounds like the perfect person for the job. nt
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