Thursday, September 14, 2006
Powell breaks with Bush on amending Geneva Conventions
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Former Secretary of State Colin Powell publicly contested his former boss in a letter Wednesday, joining top GOP senators in opposing White House efforts to reinterpret the Geneva Conventions to protect CIA interrogators from war-crimes prosecutions.

"The world is beginning to doubt the moral basis of our fight against terrorism," Powell said Wednesday in a letter to Sen. John McCain, whose amendment last year opposed the use of torture.

"To redefine Common Article III [of the Geneva Conventions] would add to those doubts," Powell wrote. "Furthermore, it would put our own troops at risk."

McCain, with fellow Republican Sens. John Warner and Lindsay Graham, have stepped up their opposition recently to the Bush administration's plan to authorize trials for suspected terrorists, setting up a possible election-year showdown within GOP ranks. (Full story)

Powell's opposition was made public as President Bush made a rare visit Thursday to Capitol Hill, where he met with the House Armed Service Committee.
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