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]]> http://washingtonindependent.com/49966/obama-military-commissions-vision-takes-shape/comment-page-1#comment-106912 Progressive Nation » Blog Archive » What’s the Point of Those Military Commissions Again? Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:45:48 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=49966#comment-106912 [...] for­mer mil­i­tary pros­e­cu­tor, Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld, who resigned his post in protest last September, echoed that yes­ter­day. “To say that you’ve achieved the gold stan­dard for [...] [...] for­mer mil­i­tary pros­e­cu­tor, Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld, who resigned his post in protest last September, echoed that yes­ter­day. “To say that you’ve achieved the gold stan­dard for [...]

]]> http://washingtonindependent.com/49966/obama-military-commissions-vision-takes-shape/comment-page-1#comment-106790 What’s the Point of Those Military Commissions Again? « Yuvablog Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:24:53 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=49966#comment-106790 [...] former military prosecutor, Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld, who resigned his post in protest last September, echoed that yesterday. “To say that you’ve achieved the gold standard for [...] [...] former military prosecutor, Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld, who resigned his post in protest last September, echoed that yesterday. “To say that you’ve achieved the gold standard for [...]

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