Word: arizona
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Amid much fanfare, President Bush reversed course and agreed to back an amendment--sponsored by Arizona Senator John McCain and, until recently, vehemently opposed by the White House--that would ban the torture of prisoners held by the U.S. anywhere in the world. But CIA spooks who interrogate terrorist suspects, such as alleged Sept. 11 plotter Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, may not need to don kid gloves just yet. U.S. officials conceded to TIME that the White House and McCain, a former Navy POW in Vietnam, made certain the amendment imposes no new penalties for any CIA operatives who violate...
...students' unfinished work still hanging inside. That is how I feel about our lives in New Orleans: so much is left unfinished. Let us all hope that America steps up to help the Gulf Coast area in its days, months and years of need. Diane M. Black Tucson, Arizona...
...Caren Reed, signed onto medicare.gov to help her 85-year-old mother-in-law find a plan covering her eight prescription drugs, the website listed Fox Insurance Co.'s as the cheapest, at $2,850 annually for her copays, premiums and coverage gaps. But when Reed phoned the Scottsdale, Arizona company, she says a representative told her the yearly cost would actually be $4,232. "How can anyone make an intelligent decision when you have misinformation?" asks Reed, a retired attorney...
...Hampshire and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, all of whom object to the limited checks on executive authority in the bill. Instead, the opponents won over other GOP colleagues, including presidential hopeful Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska. The rhetoric got so hot Thursday that Republican Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona, a White House ally on the issue, said on the floor of the Senate that a terrorist attack that occurred after the expiration could be on the heads of those who voted to support the filibuster...
...doing, Rice appeared to accept a more restrictive standard than Vice President Dick Cheney, who has been trying--so far in vain--to get an exemption for CIA officers in the legislation that Arizona Senator John McCain has pushed to ban torture and other inhumane treatment. A senior State Department official denied any rift between Rice and Cheney and insisted Rice was merely "clarifying existing policy." But two senior Administration officials interpreted Rice's increasingly pointed statements as a clear sign to the bureaucracy back home as well as to allies in Europe that her more sweeping restrictions were...