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Pentagon Report Clears Top Officers in Iraq Prison Abuse

By Jackie Northam
Published March 10, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST

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.
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