COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

PATRICK J. LEAHY, Vermont, Chairman

EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts
JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR., Delaware
HERBERT KOHL, Wisconsin
DIANNE FEINSTEIN, California
RUSSELL D. FEINGOLD, Wisconsin
CHARLES E. SCHUMER, New York
RICHARD J. DURBIN, Illinois
MARIA CANTWELL, Washington
JOHN EDWARDS, North Carolina

ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah

STROM THURMOND, South Carolina
CHARLES E. GRASSLEY, Iowa
ARLEN SPECTER, Pennsylvania

JON KYL, Arizona

MIKE DEWINE, Ohio

JEFF SESSIONS, Alabama
SAM BROWNBACK, Kansas
MITCH MCCONNELL, Kentucky

BRUCE A. COHEN, Majority Chief Counsel and Staff Director
SHARON PROST, Minority Chief Counsel
MAKAN DELRAHIM, Minority Staff Director

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CONTENTS

STATEMENTS OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Hatch, Hon. Orrin G., a U.S. Senator from the State of Utah, prepared

statement

Leahy, Hon. Patrick J., a U.S. Senator from the State of Vermont

prepared statement

Specter, Hon. Arlen, a U.S. Senator from the State of Pennsylvania

prepared statement

WITNESSES

Altenburg, John, Major General (retired), former Assistant Judge Advocate

General, United States Army, Washington, D.C.

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Fidell, Eugene R., Counsel, Feldsman, Tucker, Leifer, Fidell & Bank, LLP,

Washington, D.C.

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Joseph, Daniel, Counsel, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer and Feld, LLP, Wash-

ington, D.C.

Harris, Paul, Deputy Associate Attorney General, Department of Jus-

tice, Washington, D.C.

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O'Neill, Bonnie, Kingston, Pennsylvania

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Sklute, Nolan, Major General (retired), former Judge Advocate General,

United States Air Force, Bethesda, Maryland

Sprague, Richard A., Counsel, Sprague and Sprague, Philadelphia, Pennsyl-

vania

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Weaver, Christopher E., Rear Admiral and Commandant, Naval District
Washington, United States Navy, Washington, D.C.

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Responses of General Altenburg to questions submitted by Senator Leahy

Response of the Department of Justice to a question submitted by Senator

Hatch

Responses of General Sklute to questions submitted by Senators Leahy and

Hatch

Response of Admiral Weaver to a question submitted by Senator Hatch

Altenburg, John, Major General (retired), former Assistant Judge Advocate

General, United States Army, Washington, D.C., prepared statement

Fidell, Eugene R., Counsel, Feldsman, Tucker, Leifer, Fidell & Bank, LLP,

Washington, D.C., prepared statement

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Harris, Paul, Deputy Associate Attorney General, Department of Jus-

tice, Washington, D.C., prepared statement

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Joseph, Daniel, Counsel, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer and Feld, LLP, Wash-

ington, D.C., prepared statement

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Sklute, Nolan, Major General (retired), former Judge Advocate General,

United States Air Force, Bethesda, Maryland, prepared statement

Sprague, Richard A., Counsel, Sprague and Sprague, Philadelphia, Pennsyl-

vania, prepared statement

Weaver, Christopher E., Rear Admiral and Commandant, Naval District

Washington, United States Navy, Washington, D.C., prepared statement