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Government

Feb. 11, 2009

Judiciary Chairman Calls For Truth Commission

The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Monday proposed the establishment of an independent commission to investigate alleged misdeeds of the Bush administration.

By Robert Iafolla
Daily Journal Staff Writer

WASHINGTON - The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Monday proposed the establishment of an independent commission to investigate alleged misdeeds of the Bush administration.

Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt., gave few details about what the commission would look like, such as what specific authority would create it, but pointed to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in post-Apartheid Sout...

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