the Congress says "sure, why not" ... the final score: 97 - 0 ... i'm afraid this leaves us with the old "people in glass houses" maxim ...
source:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/07/AR2005100700202.htmlThe Senate today passed a defense spending bill that provides an extra $50 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and includes an amendment -- opposed by the White House -- that prohibits the mistreatment of detainees in U.S. custody.
Rushing to complete the bill before leaving for a 10-day recess,
senators voted 97-0 to approve the $440 billion measure, which funds military operations for the 2006 fiscal year that began Oct. 1. <skip>
If the final bill includes the full $50 billion in extra war funding,
it would push spending in Iraq and Afghanistan since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to more than $360 billion.
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