Transcript: WH: Geneva Conventions Apply to Detainees

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STEVE INSKEEP, RENEE MONTAGNE
NPR Morning Edition
07-11-2006
WH: Geneva Conventions Apply to Detainees

Host: STEVE INSKEEP, RENEE MONTAGNE
Time: 10:00-11:00 AM

STEVE INSKEEP, host:

This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. Im Steve Inskeep.

RENEE MONTAGNE, host:

And Im Renee Montagne. President Bush today announced that all detainees in military custody around the world, including those at Guantanamo Bay, are entitled to protections under the Geneva Conventions. The announcement follows the Supreme Court ruling at the end of this past term that the Bush administration overstepped its authority in setting up military tribunals for the detainees.

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