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Looks like the detainee photo amendment is out of the supplemental after all, due to the 2nd Circuit Court's decision.
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Democrats Reach Agreement on War Funding Bill
Congressional Democrats today reached agreement on a war-funding bill that had been stalled, as the Obama administration dropped its request for a provision that would bar the release of photos that show abuse of detainees in U.S. custody in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The agreement was reached only after a letter from President Obama to a congressional committee saying that his administration would appeal to the Supreme Court to keep the photos from becoming public, rather than try for a Congressional ban as part of the war funding bill. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York on Thursday stayed an earlier order that the photos be released immediately, so the government will now have time to appeal.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/06/11/democrats_reach_agreement_on_w.html?hpid=moreheadlines
