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Reid: DREAM Act Will be Added to Defense Authorization Bill

By | 09.14.10 | 4:15 pm

Good news for DREAM Act supporters: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced today the act will be added as an amendment to the defense authorization bill. The bill would provide paths to citizenship for some undocumented students who came to the U.S. as children.

Obama Wants Some Contractors in Military Interrogations; No Videotaping Interrogations

By | 07.15.09 | 12:14 pm

More from the White House’s letter objecting to certain provisions in the fiscal 2010 defense authorization. I thought this deserved to be quoted in full:

Interrogation Duties:  The Administration objects to section 823 in its current form, which would prohibit contractor personnel from interrogating persons detained during or in

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