On the recordMay 19, 2009
We are holding them because they are combatants in the traditional definition of combatants and under the rules of war, you have the right to hold them until the cessation of hostilities.
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congress.govJohn Conyers: “We are holding them because they are combatants in the traditional definition of combatants and under the rules of war…”
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Conyers discusses the legal rights to hold combatants under war rules.
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