The White House, President George W. Bush Click to print this document

For Immediate Release
September 15, 2006

Setting the Record Straight: JAG Leaders Say Common Article 3 Provisions Would Be "Helpful"

     Fact sheet Setting the Record Straight

The New York Times Reports That JAG Leaders "Would Agree Only To Say That They Could Not Find Anything Illegal About The Specific Issue Of Amending Common Article 3." (Kate Zernike, "Rebuff For Bush On Terror Trials In A Senate Test," The New York Times, 9/15/06)

JAG Leaders Affirmatively Say The Administration's Common Article 3 Provisions Would Be "Helpful"