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Pentagon Report Clears Top Officers in Iraq Prison Abuse

The Senate Armed Services Committee hears testimony from Navy Vice Adm. Albert Church, whose Pentagon report on treatment of detainees in U.S. custody did not find any senior-level responsibility for abuses. The report covered facilities in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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Jackie Northam is NPR's International Affairs Correspondent. She is a veteran journalist who has spent three decades reporting on conflict, geopolitics, and life across the globe - from the mountains of Afghanistan and the desert sands of Saudi Arabia, to the gritty prison camp at Guantanamo Bay and the pristine beauty of the Arctic.