The Senator’s commitment and sincerity, on this cornerstone issue, has garnered the endorsement of Dean John Hutson, who left the GOP, pledged to vote for Barack Obama in the NH primary. Dean Hutson is widely recognized as one of a few prominent legal scholars that stood up to the Bush/Cheney abuses of “unlawful combatants” which included torture:
Senator Obama, while on the Senate floor, also stated:
We should not have to find ways of ignoring or averting our own laws to defend our country. Torture does not work. Torture violates our laws. And torture sets back the standing and moral leadership that America needs to triumph in this global struggle. Our values and laws are not inconvenient obstacles to the defense of our national security – they can and must be a guiding force in our response to terrorism.
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On the matter of Private Security Firms, like Blackwater, Sen.Obama is clear and concise:
DEMANDING TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FROM PRIVATE SECURITY CONTRACTORS
