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jefferson_dem

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Sun Nov-13-05 07:49 PM
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Headline of the day! :: "White House declines to totally rule out torture"

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Edited on Sun Nov-13-05 07:56 PM by jefferson_dem

WASHINGTON (AFP) - In an important clarification of President George W. Bush's earlier statement, a top White House official refused to unequivocally rule out the use of torture, arguing the US administration was duty-bound to protect Americans from terrorist attack.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051113/pl_afp/usattackstorture

You gotta love this lede from the AFP. White House declines to totally rule out torture, and they refuse to take positions on spousal abuse and abusing kittens too.

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