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Steve Buyer: “As a JAG officer in the first Gulf War, I wrote the practice and procedures for article V tribunals. I participated in…”

On the recordSeptember 29, 2006
As a JAG officer in the first Gulf War, I wrote the practice and procedures for article V tribunals. I participated in the tribunals to determine status, a person's status. The President of the United States does not participate in that process. So, please, don't be silly and just make things up.
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Steve Buyer
Indiana

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Defending the role of the President in military tribunal procedures.

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