Treat detainees humanely, but not like citizens of U.S.

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Author(s)	Jonathan Gurwitz
Source	San Antonio Express-News
Date	September 30, 2006
URL	http://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/stories/MYSA100106.3H.gurwitz.2188c02.html
Quote	"Critics of Bush administration policy are adamant about extending prisoner of war rights under the Third Geneva Convention to terrorist detainees. In doing so, they obscure a clear distinction in the Geneva Conventions between lawful and unlawful combatants."

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This item argues for the position Compromise bill should be passed on the topic Military Commissions Act of 2006.