Operation Enduring Freedom: Hearing Before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, Second Session, February 7 and July 31, 2002, Volume 4

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Page 42 - Should any doubt arise as to whether persons, having committed a belligerent act and having fallen into the hands of the enemy, belong to any of the categories enumerated in Article 4, such persons shall enjoy the protection of the present Convention until such time as their status has been determined by a competent tribunal.
Page 42 - The United States is treating and will continue to treat all of the individuals detained at Guantanamo humanely and, to the extent appropriate and consistent with military necessity, in a manner consistent with the principles of the Third Geneva Convention of 1949.
Page 6 - Mr. Chairman and members of the Committee. I am honored to appear before you today to discuss the President's FY 2003 budget for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Page 7 - ... Britain bombarded Iraq in December 1998, but had little effect on the Iraqi leader's actions. Terrorism. In 1993 Muslim terrorists bombed the World Trade Center in New York City, killing five people and injuring over a thousand. Terrorists also hit an American military barracks in Saudi Arabia in 1996, American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998, and the USS Cole while refueling in Yemin. American leaders believed that Osama bin Laden, a radical Saudi millionaire, was ultimately responsible...
Page 57 - STATEMENT OF SENATOR JOHN WARNER Senator WARNER. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I join you in welcoming this panel and the next panel of witnesses.
Page 77 - Iraqi people, while helping to establish a representative form of government. Decisive combat operations have been completed, but much work remains. I am very proud of each and every one of the men and women who continue to serve selflessly and tirelessly in the execution of our mission from Egypt to Kazakhstan, from the Suez to Pakistan, regardless of the uniform of service they wear or the nation from which they come.
Page 77 - I am very proud of each and every one of the men and women who continue to serve selflessly and tirelessly in the execution of our mission from Egypt to Kazakhstan, from the Suez to Pakistan, regardless of the uniform of service they wear or the nation from which they come. I thank the Congress and the American people for the tremendous support you have given them.
Page 43 - The United States has determined that Al Qaida and Taliban individuals under the control of the Department of Defense are not entitled to prisoner of war status for purposes of the Geneva Conventions of 1949...
Page 42 - Detainees," provides in paragraph 1— 6a that "if any doubt arises as to whether a person, having committed a belligerent act and been taken into custody by US Armed Forces, belongs to any of the categories enumerated in Article 4, GPW, such persons shall enjoy the protection of the present Convention until such time as their status has been determined by a competent tribunal.
Page 107 - ... broadcast stations by legally qualified candidates for public office. The first section of these bills provides that the act may be cited as the "Fair Political Broadcasting Act of 1959." The second section sets forth a declaration of policy, by which Congress would find (1) that radio and television have played, and will continue to play, an increasingly important role in political campaigns; (2) that the basic purpose of section 315 of the Communications Act is to insure fair and equal opportunities...

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