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Senate move to expand detainee rights (AP)
Filed: May 25th 2007: Democrat

Republican Senator from Arizona and presidential hopeful John McCain (C) smiles as Democratic Senator from New York and presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton (2nd R) reacts to him getting on the same elevator after a vote at the US Capitol in March 2007. Top Democratic presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama faced a Republican barrage Friday and claims they waved the white flag to Al-Qaeda after voting against an Iraq war budget.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)AP - Senate Democrats are backing a bill that would grant new rights to terror suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, including access to a lawyer regardless of whether the prisoners are put on trial.

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