BUSH WANTS TO GUT GENEVA CONVENTIONS...

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GOP VETERANS, COLIN POWELL SAY NO WAY...

Senators John McCain (R-AZ), John Warner (R-VA), and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) led GOP senators yesterday in a campaign to keep President Bush from invalidating a crucial section of the Geneva Conventions. The three senators, all veterans of the armed services, argue that President Bush's proposal would put soldiers at risk by setting a dangerous precedent for interpretation of Article III, which delineates torture and prisoner mistreatment. Former Secretary of State Colin Powell expressed similar concerns in an open letter to Sen. McCain.

Following these senators' lead, the Senate Armed Services Committee drafted an alternate bill to provide detainees with appropriate protection under Article III. Despite GOP infighting and the concerns of his party's leading members, President Bush refuses to entertain alternate legislation and remains committed to curbing the Geneva Conventions.

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