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Tuesday, May 29th, 2012

Posts Tagged presidential memorandum

Will House Dems Stand Up to Obama on Torture Photos?

By | 06.08.09 | 3:03 pm

The Weekly Standard and Greg Sargent are both reporting that the House Democratic leadership is boldly (my characterization, not the Standard’s) standing up to the White House and the Senate, which last week passed an amendment to the appropriations bill that would allow Obama to keep More…

Obama Transfers Al-Marri to Federal Prison–And Moves to Dismiss Supreme Court Appeal

By | 02.27.09 | 4:58 pm

Well, he doesn’t get to go free, but Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri — the last remaining “enemy combatant” who was picked up and held for the past six years without charge on U.S. soil — will finally have the privilege of being transferred to a real federal prison (from a More…