From the PubDef archive — published September 29, 2006, restored 2026. Links and embedded media may point to archived copies.
Talent, Bond Vote to Allow Bush to Broadly Interpret Geneva Convention
Filed Friday, September 29, 2006 at 12:00 PM
The U.S. Senate, by a vote of 65-34, has passed a controversial bill that gives broad authority to President George W. Bush to interpret (or re-interpret) the long-standing Geneva Convention standards on the treatment of prisoners of war as he sees fit. Missouri Senators Kit Bond and Jim Talent, both Republicans, both voted in support of the bill. Illinois Senators Dick Durbin and Barack Obama, both Democrats, voted against.
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