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Offline cavegal

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Deal reached on DOD authorization bill
« on: December 13, 2011, 01:11:29 PM »
http://thehill.com/blogs/defcon-hill/budget-approriations/198945-deal-reached-on-defense-authorization-bill

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Lawmakers reached an agreement Monday on the $662 billion Defense authorization bill they believe will satisfy White House demands to avoid a veto over the detention of terror suspects.

House and Senate Armed Services Committee leaders changed the bill to add a provision saying that FBI and other law enforcement’s national security authority would not be affected by provisions mandating military custody of terror suspects.


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The legislation also changed the waiver provision, which allows the executive branch to move suspects from military to civilian custody, so that the president can issue a waiver, rather than the defense secretary. Levin said this was done at the request of President Obama, who spoke with Levin last week about the bill.
 


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Re: Deal reached on DOD authorization bill
« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2011, 03:33:40 PM »
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The legislation also changed the waiver provision, which allows the executive branch to move suspects from military to civilian custody, so that the president can issue a waiver,
so that Obama can continue to mollycoddle and appease terrorists.