No Easing of US Detainee Policy

Senate Rejects Easing Detainee Policy -- UPI

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. Senate Tuesday rejected a defense spending bill amendment that would have eased the policy on detainees captured as terror suspects on the battlefield.

The Senate voted 61-37 to reject the amendment, which would have removed a section of the defense spending bill that authorizes the president to use "all necessary and appropriate force" and would have created a timeline for judicial hearings, The Hill reported.

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