Colonel Will Gunn, retired legal council for the Department of Defense office of military commissions, says the use of coercive testimony is still allowed as long as it was obtained before 2005, this is a fundamental shift in the U.S. system of justice. Gunn said that the United States’ actions amount to second hand justice. (1:10)
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks at the groundbreaking of the United States Institute of Peace headquarters. Pelosi speaks of a world worth living for a all men and women for all time. The USIP helps the United States move toward a more respectful, generous and peaceful world. (0:42)
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks at the groundbreaking of the United States Institute of Peace headquarters. Speaking about former President John F. Kennedy’s commencement remarks at American University, that the United States will never start a war, we will do our best to build a world of peace. Kennedy’s words summarized his foreign policy, to build a world where the weak are safe and the strong are just which carries over to the USIP. (0:48)
President George Bush attended the groundbreaking of the United States Institute of Peace headquarters and Public Education Center today. Bush spoke in support of USIP and the work that they are doing to promote peace. He spoke of his personal interest in the pursuit of peace, citing the current war in Iraq as a means to spreading democracy and justice throughout the globe, as a national security interest for the United States, an international interest for countries to be safe and secure and that “peace is the work of justice.” Bush said that freedom is an unalienable right that needs to be protected and sought after by every nation. (more…)
Congressman Robert Andrews (D-NJ) talks about justice not necessarily meaning force, but also finding a common way of living together as partners and not combatants.
