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...Amend Mil. Comm. R. Evid...
...Amend RMC 804 to add RMC 804(c)(1)(2): "(1) The accused does not have a right to be absent from any military commission proceedings; however, the military judge may permit the voluntary absence of the accused following an inquiry, on the record, sufficient to establish: (a) that the accused's request for absence is personal, knowing, and voluntary, and (b) that the prosecution will not be disadvantaged by the accused's absence...
...Amend the Discussion following RMC 804 to add the following explanation of the new 804(c)(1)(b): "In addition to issues of identity, the government has a legitimate interest in the accused's presence at trial, including promoting the appearance and actuality of legitimacy in the proceedings...
...Amend RMC 804 to delete Discussion and mirror MCA 949a(b)(1)(B) and 949d(a)(b), requiring presence of the accused at all proceedings, unless removed by MJ for disruption or threats to physical safety...
...acrimonious exchanges between Maliki and the Kurds are rooted in the economic and territorial ambitions of both parties, and they threaten to widen the broadening Arab-Kurd schism. Maliki's recent call to amend the constitution to beef up the central government's powers at the expense of Iraq's 18 provinces did not spare the semiautonomous three-province Kurdish region in the north. It has not only stoked tensions with the independence-minded Kurds but has also drawn fire from his Shi'ite coalition allies in the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, who want to set up a similar semiautonomous...