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AP: It appears that House liberals opposed to a Senate provision to block the release of new detainee abuse photos are now likely to prevail. That earned a blistering retort from Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who co-authored the language in question and agrees with Obama that release of the photos would whip up anti-American sentiment and threaten U.S. service members.
"I think it's one of the most irresponsible things I've heard of," Graham told reporters. "They don't have our troops' back."
House liberals prevailed in the fight over detainee photos because their votes are needed to pass the measure since House Republican support has evaporated over the decision to add to the bill Obama's request for a new $108 billion U.S. line of credit to the International Monetary Fund to help poor countries deal with the world recession.
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But, it will show up again, like a bad penny. In addition to Lieberman/Graham pushing it, Rep. Conaway (TX-11) introduced the same amendment a few days ago - HR 2712: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:h.r.02712:
