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On the recordMay 12, 2004
at 2 o'clock today, the Department of Defense delivered to S-407 material relating to the issue of mistreatment by Americans in uniform and perhaps others under contract against the prisoners in a prison in Iraq. Several hundred of these photos have been shown to a large group of Senators. The Department of Defense prepared a document as guidance for Senators as to how hopefully they will handle their knowledge of these photos as they relate their responsibilities to their constituents and others in giving their views. I ask unanimous consent to print in the Record a letter Senator Levin and I, in our capacity as chairman and ranking member of the Armed Services Committee, wrote to the Department of Defense with regard to the transmission of these documents.
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Mark Warner
Democratic · Virginia

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Addressing the issue of mistreatment of prisoners in Iraq and the review of related materials by the Senate.

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