Armed Services Commitee Hearing Concerning Legislation in Response to Hamdan

Prepared Statement of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales before the Senate Committee on Armed Services concerning Legislation in Response to Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, Washington, D.C., August 2, 2006.

  • “We believe that Congress should enact a new Code of Military Commissions, modeled on the court-martial procedures of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, or “UCMJ,” but adapted for use in the special context of military commission trials of terrorist combatants. To this end, we would propose that Congress create a new chapter for military commission procedures in title 10 of the U.S. Code, which would follow immediately after the UCMJ. We have carefully reviewed the procedures of the UCMJ, and we believe that dozens of articles of the UCMJ have relevance for military commissions and should be used as the starting point for developing the new Code of Military Commissions.”
  • Statement of Deputy Attorney General Paul J. McNulty before the Senate Committee on Armed Services (08-01-06)
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