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News Republicans target reported Obama AG nominee for 2001 Rich pardon
Republicans target reported Obama AG nominee for 2001 Rich pardon
Benjamin Klein
November 20, 2008 11:47:00 am

Media reports that Clinton-era Deputy US Attorney General Eric Holder has been selected for nomination to the position of US Attorney General by President-elect Barack Obama prompted the the Republican National Committee (RNC) ...

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News DOJ seeks modification of Guantanamo appeals rules
DOJ seeks modification of Guantanamo appeals rules
Benjamin Klein
November 20, 2008 10:31:00 am

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday filed a government motion asking a federal judge to review the procedure for handling appeals by detainees being held at the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay...

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News Guantanamo detainees release order  [DC Circuit]
Guantanamo detainees release order [DC Circuit]
November 20, 2008 10:28:00 am

Lakhdar Boumediene, et al., v. George W. Bush, et al., US District Court for the District of Columbia, November 20, 2008 . Read the full text of the order . Reported in...

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News US military prosecutors filing new charges against so-called ’20th hijacker’
US military prosecutors filing new charges against so-called ’20th hijacker’
Eric Firkel
November 20, 2008 10:13:00 am

US Army prosecutors said Wednesday they would be filing new charges against Mohammad al-Qahtani , a Saudi Arabian citizen being held at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay . Al-Qahtani is known as the...

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News UK Commons passes climate bill mandating drastic emissions cut by 2050
UK Commons passes climate bill mandating drastic emissions cut by 2050
Devin Montgomery
November 20, 2008 10:01:00 am

The UK House of Commons on Tuesday gave final approval to the Climate Change Bill , which requires the country to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by the...

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California high court agrees to hear Proposition 8 challenges
Jake Oresick
November 20, 2008 09:19:00 am

The Supreme Court of California on Wednesday agreed to hear challenges to Proposition 8 , the ballot measure that amended the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage, while refusing a petition to...

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News First Circuit supports return of painting taken from Jewish gallery owner by Nazis
First Circuit supports return of painting taken from Jewish gallery owner by Nazis
Andrew Gilmore
November 20, 2008 07:40:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on Wednesday upheld a grant of summary judgment for the plaintiff by the US District Court for the District of Rhode Island in an...

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Suspected Somalia pirates captured by UK charged in Kenya
Eric Firkel
November 19, 2008 08:40:00 pm

Eight Somalis were charged in a Kenyan court for piracy on Wednesday after being turned over to Kenyan officials by the British Royal Navy . The suspected pirates were captured by the HMS Cumberland [official...

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Federal appeals court vacates Locy contempt order in anthrax reporting case
Tarah Park
November 19, 2008 08:12:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has vacated a district court judge's contempt order against former USA Today reporter Toni Locy in connection with...

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UN experts call for retrial of Myanmar activists
Andrew Morgan
November 19, 2008 05:18:00 pm

A panel of UN experts on Wednesday urged authorities in Myanmar to retry political and religious prisoners. The group, including Special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Tomas Ojea Quintana...

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US apologizes to Japanese-Americans for detention during WWII

US President Ronald Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 into law on August 10, 1988, apologizing on behalf of the United States to Japanese-Americans who were interned in camps during WWII and providing $20,000 in compensation for each survivor. The law also provided $12,000 in compensation for each living displaced Aleutian Islander who was relocated to a camp in Alaska during the US's Aleutian Islands campaign.

President Reagan authorized compensation for Japanese-Americans interned during World War II

On August 10, 1988, US President Ronald Reagan signed a bill that provided payments of $20,000 to Japanese-Americans who were sent to internment camps by the US government during World War II. Learn more about the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, which also included a formal apology by Congress for what it called a "grave injustice."

National Security Act Amendment reorganizes U.S. military

On August 10, 1949, the National Security Act Amendment was signed into law. It replaced the Department of War with the Department of Defense (DoD) and pulled all military service branches directly under the supervision of the DoD. Learn more about the National Security Act from the U.S. State Department.

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