U.S. Representative Duncan Hunter (R-Ca) Holds Hearing On Military Intelligence at Abu Ghraib Prison

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U.S. Representative Duncan Hunter (R-Ca) Holds Hearing On Military Intelligence at Abu Ghraib Prison

HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE HOLDS A HEARING ON MILITARY INTELLIGENCE AT ABU GHRAIB PRISON

SEPTEMBER 9, 2004

SPEAKERS: U.S. REPRESENTATIVE DUNCAN HUNTER (R-CA) CHAIRMAN U.S. REPRESENTATIVE CURT WELDON (R-PA) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE JOEL HEFLEY (R-CO) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE JIM SAXTON (R-NJ) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE JOHN M. MCHUGH (R-NY) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE TERRY EVERETT (R-AL) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE ROSCOE G. BARTLETT (R-MD) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE HOWARD P. "BUCK" MCKEON (R-CA) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE WILLIAM M. "MAC" THORNBERRY (R-TX) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE JOHN N. HOSTETTLER (R-IN) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE WALTER B. JONES JR. (R-NC) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE JIM RYUN (R-KS) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE JIM GIBBONS (R-NV) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE ROBIN HAYES (R-NC) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE HEATHER WILSON (R-NM) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE KEN CALVERT (R-CA) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE ROB SIMMONS (R-CT) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE JO ANN DAVIS (R-VA) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE EDWARD L. SCHROCK (R-VA) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE W.TODD AKIN (R-MO) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE J. RANDY FORBES (R-VA) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE JEFF MILLER (R-FL) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE JOE WILSON (R-SC) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE FRANK L. LOBIONDO (R-NJ) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE TOM COLE (R-OK) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE JEB BRADLEY (R-NH) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE ROB BISHOP (R-UT) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE MICHAEL R. TURNER (R-OH) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE JOHN KLINE (R-MN) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE CANDICE S. MILLER (R-MI) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE PHIL GINGREY (R-GA) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE MIKE ROGERS (R-AL) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE TRENT FRANKS (R-AZ)

U.S. REPRESENTATIVE IKE SKELTON (D-MO) RANKING MEMBER U.S. REPRESENTATIVE JOHN M. SPRATT JR. (D-SC) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE SOLOMON P. ORTIZ (D-TX) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE LANE EVANS (D-IL) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE GENE TAYLOR (D-MS) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE NEIL ABERCROMBIE (D-HI) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE MARTIN T. MEEHAN (D-MA) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE SILVESTRE REYES (D-TX) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE VICTOR F. SNYDER (D-AR) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE JIM TURNER (D-TX) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE ADAM SMITH (D-WA) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE LORETTA SANCHEZ (D-CA) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE MIKE MCINTYRE (D-NC) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE CIRO D. RODRIGUEZ (D-TX) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE ELLEN O. TAUSCHER (D-CA) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE ROBERT A. BRADY (D-PA) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE BARON P. HILL (D-IN) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE JOHN B. LARSON (D-CT) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE SUSAN A. DAVIS (D-CA) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE JAMES R. LANGEVIN (D-RI) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE STEVE ISRAEL (D-NY) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE RICK LARSEN (D-WA) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE JIM COOPER (D-TN) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE JIM MARSHALL (D-GA) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE KENDRICK G. MEEK (D-FL) U.S. DELEGATE MADELEINE Z. BORDALLO (D-GU) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE RODNEY ALEXANDER (D-LA) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE TIM RYAN (D-OH)

WITNESSES: GENERAL PAUL J. KERN, UNITED STATES ARMY, APPOINTING OFFICER

LIEUTENANT GENERAL ANTHONY R. JONES, UNITED STATES ARMY, LEAD INVESTIGATOR

MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE R. FAY, UNITED STATES ARMY, INVESTIGATING OFFICER

[*] HUNTER: The hearing will come to order.

This morning we heard from Secretaries Schlesinger and Brown on the results of their independent review of DOD detainee operations.

This afternoon we're fortunate to have as our witnesses three general officers with decades of military service who have lent their experience to yet another exhaustive examination of what went wrong with military detainee operations in Iraq. They are General Paul J. Kern, a Procedure 15 appointing authority; Lieutenant General Anthony R. Jones, additional Procedure 15 investigating officer, and Major General George R. Fay, investigating officer.

Gentlemen, thanks for your work on this issue. We've received your report, all 9,000 pages. We're going to review it over the coming weeks as we continue to monitor how the department proceeds to correct identified problems.

On January 19, 2004, within days of viewing evidence of the abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison, Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez ordered a formal administr...

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